Supreme Court of the United States, 1982

Baker v. Zant

Baker v. Zant
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided June 28, 1982 · Marshall
458 U.S. 1115; 102 S. Ct. 3498; 73 L. Ed. 2d 1377; 50 U.S.L.W. 3998; 1982 U.S. LEXIS 2862 (United States Reports)

Baker v. Zant

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.

Opinion of the Court

Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County. Certiorari denied.

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