Turner v. Virginia

Supreme Court of the United States
Turner v. Virginia, 451 U.S. 1011 (1981)
101 S. Ct. 2348

Turner v. Virginia

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Va.;

Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County; and

Sup. Ct. Ga. Cer-tiorari denied. Reported below: No. 80-6366, 221 Va. 513, 273 S. E. 2d 36; No. 80-6375, 247 Ga. 27, 277 S. E. 2d 1.

Dissenting Opinion

Justice Brennan and Justice Marshall,

dissenting.

Adhering to our views that the death penalty is in all circumstances cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U. S. 153, 227, 231 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.

Reference

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