Tucker v. Zant

Supreme Court of the United States
Tucker v. Zant, 459 U.S. 928 (1982)
103 S. Ct. 239

Tucker v. Zant

Opinion of the Court

Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County;

Sup. Ct. Miss.; and

Sup. Ct. Mo. Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 82-5012, 631 S. W. 2d 486; No. 82-5275, 413 So. 2d 1007; No. 82-5306, 636 S. W. 2d 667.

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.

Reference

Full Case Name
Tucker v. Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center King v. Texas Spraggins v. Zant, Warden Edwards v. Mississippi Shaw v. Missouri
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Status
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