Supreme Court of the United States, 1984

Tomlin v. Alabama

Tomlin v. Alabama
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided April 23, 1984 · Brennan, Marshall
466 U.S. 954; 104 S. Ct. 2161 (United States Reports)

Tomlin v. Alabama

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Ala.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.; and

C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 83-1533, 443 So. 2d 59; No. 83-5995, 668 S. W. 2d 692; No. 83-6334, 251 Ga. 605, 308 S. E. 2d 145; No. 83-6350, 721 F. 2d 1493.

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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