Supreme Court of the United States, 1984

Stafford v. Oklahoma

Stafford v. Oklahoma
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided May 29, 1984 · Brennan, Marshall
467 U.S. 1212; 104 S. Ct. 2651; 52 U.S.L.W. 3860; 81 L. Ed. 2d 359; 1984 U.S. LEXIS 2355 (United States Reports)

Stafford v. Oklahoma

Opinion of the Court

Ct. Crim. App. Okla. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and certiorari granted. Judgment vacated and case remanded for further consideration in light of Strickland v. Washington, 466 U. S. 668 (1984).

Justice Brennan and Justice Marshall:

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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