Supreme Court of the United States, 1983

Magwood v. Alabama

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided June 13, 1983 · Brennan, Marshall

462 U.S. 1124; 103 S. Ct. 3097; 51 U.S.L.W. 3883; 77 L. Ed. 2d 1355; 1983 U.S. LEXIS 573 (United States Reports)

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Ala.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Ariz.; and

Sup. Ct. S. C. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 82-6560, 426 So. 2d 929; No. 82-6577, 250 Ga. 553, 300 S. E. 2d 301; No. 82-6597, 135 Ariz. 63, 659 P. 2d 22; No. 82-6611, 280 S. C. 29, 310 S. E. 2d 805.

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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