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Supreme Court of the United States, 1982

Williams v. Indiana

Williams v. Indiana
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided October 4, 1982 · Brennan, Marshall
459 U.S. 808; 103 S. Ct. 33 (United States Reports)

Williams v. Indiana

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 vacate the death sentence in this case.

Opinion of the Court

Appeal from Sup. Ct. Ind. dismissed for want of substantial federal question.

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