Lindsey v. Louisiana

Supreme Court of the United States
Lindsey v. Louisiana, 464 U.S. 908 (1983)
104 S. Ct. 263

Lindsey v. Louisiana

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

Sup. Ct. La.;

Sup. Ct. Mo.;

Sup. Ct. Mo.;

Sup. Ct. Wyo.;

Sup. Ct. N. C.; and

Sup. Ct. La. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 82-6973, 428 So. 2d 420; No. 82-6979, 648 S. W. 2d 96; No. 83-5077, 649 S. W. 2d 417; No. 83-5124, 664 P. 2d 43; No. 83-5146, 308 N. C. 446, 302 S. E. 2d 740; No. 83-5366, 431 So. 2d 399.

Reference

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