Stafford v. Oklahoma
Stafford v. Oklahoma
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).
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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