Supreme Court of the United States, 1983

Jones v. Oklahoma

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided January 17, 1983 · Brennan, Marshall

459 U.S. 1155; 103 S. Ct. 799; 51 U.S.L.W. 3533; 74 L. Ed. 2d 1003; 1983 U.S. LEXIS 3149 (United States Reports)

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

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

Ct. Crim. App. Okla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 82-788, 648 P. 2d 1251; No. 82-5744, 418 So. 2d 987; No. 82-5789, 651 P. 2d 686.

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