Supreme Court of the United States, 1984

Cheadle v. New Mexico

Cheadle v. New Mexico
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided April 16, 1984 · Brennan, Marshall
466 U.S. 945; 104 S. Ct. 1931 (United States Reports)

Cheadle v. New Mexico

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. N. M.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Mo.; and

Sup. Ct. La. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 83-6141, 101 N. M. 282, 681 P. 2d 708; No. 83-6215, 251 Ga. 652, 308 S. E. 2d 806; No. 83-6231, 668 S. W. 2d 366; No. 83-6281, 443 So. 2d 979; No. 83-6285, 661 S. W. 2d 519; No. 83-6318, 441 So. 2d 707.

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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