Supreme Court of the United States, 1981

Turner v. Virginia

Turner v. Virginia
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided May 18, 1981 · Brennan, Marshall
451 U.S. 1011; 101 S. Ct. 2348 (United States Reports)

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.

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