Supreme Court of the United States, 1983

Wheat v. Mississippi

Wheat v. Mississippi
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided March 28, 1983 · Brennan, Marshall
460 U.S. 1056; 103 S. Ct. 1507 (United States Reports)

Wheat v. Mississippi

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Miss.; Sup. Ct. Ga.; Sup. Ct. Ga.; and Sup. Ct. Fla. Cer-tiorari denied. Reported below: No. 82-1131, 420 So. 2d 229; No. 82-6108, 250 Ga. 152, 296 S. E. 2d 590; No. 82-6115, 250 Ga. 277, 295 S. E. 2d 518; No. 82-6154, 420 So. 2d 583.

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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