Supreme Court of the United States, 1981

Mercer v. Missouri

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided October 13, 1981 · Brennan, Marshall

454 U.S. 933; 102 S. Ct. 432; 70 L. Ed. 2d 240; 50 U.S.L.W. 3279; 1981 U.S. LEXIS 4060 (United States Reports)

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Mo. Motion of ACLU of Western Missouri for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae granted. Certiorari denied.

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 sentence in this case.

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