Supreme Court of the United States, 1981

Austin v. Tennessee

Austin v. Tennessee
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided December 14, 1981 · Brennan, Marshall
454 U.S. 1128; 102 S. Ct. 981 (United States Reports)

Austin v. Tennessee

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Tenn.; and

Sup. Ct. Va. Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 81-598, 618 S. W. 2d 738; No. 81-5390, 221 Va. cxliii.

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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