Ruffin v. Austin

Supreme Court of the United States
Ruffin v. Austin, 455 U.S. 1038 (1982)
102 S. Ct. 1741

Ruffin v. Austin

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.

Opinion of the Court

Super. Ct. Ga., Tatnall County;

Sup. Ct. Va.;

Sup. Ct. N. C.; and

Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 81-6131, 222 Va. 766, 284 S. E. 2d 816; No. 81-6143, 304 N. C. 201, 283 S. E. 2d 732; No. 81-6151, 248 Ga. 558, 284 S. E. 2d 390.

Reference

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Ruffin v. Austin, Warden, Georgia State Prison Evans v. Virginia Rook v. North Carolina Cunningham v. Georgia
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