Supreme Court of the United States, 1983

Williams v. King

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided December 12, 1983 · Application, Brennan, Grant, Marshall, Stay

464 U.S. 1027; 104 S. Ct. 562; 78 L. Ed. 2d 732; 52 U.S.L.W. 3472; 1983 U.S. LEXIS 2778 (United States Reports)

Opinion of the Court

C. A. 5th Cir. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, addressed to Justice Brennan and referred to the Court, denied.

Justice Brennan and Justice Marshall would grant the application for stay.

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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