Supreme Court of the United States, 1982

Baldwin v. Blackburn

Baldwin v. Blackburn
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided April 26, 1982 · Brennan, Marshall
456 U.S. 950; 50 U.S.L.W. 3859; 72 L. Ed. 2d 475; 102 S. Ct. 2021; 1982 U.S. LEXIS 1939 (United States Reports)

Baldwin v. Blackburn

Opinion of the Court

C. A. 5th Cir.; and

Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 81-6301, 653 F. 2d 942.

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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