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Supreme Court of the United States, 1984

Stanley v. Kemp

Stanley v. Kemp
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided May 29, 1984 · Brennan, Marshall
467 U.S. 1219; 104 S. Ct. 2667; 81 L. Ed. 2d 372; 52 U.S.L.W. 3861; 1984 U.S. LEXIS 2427 (United States Reports)

Stanley v. Kemp

Opinion of the Court

C. A. 11th Cir. Motion of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae granted. 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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