Supreme Court of the United States, 1983

Davis v. Illinois

Davis v. Illinois
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided November 28, 1983 · Brennan, Marshall
464 U.S. 1001; 104 S. Ct. 507 (United States Reports)

Davis v. Illinois

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Ill. Motion of petitioner to defer consideration of the petition for writ of certiorari *1002and for other relief denied. Certiorari denied.

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 sentence in this case.

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