Supreme Court of the United States, 1984

Gilbert v. South Carolina

Gilbert v. South Carolina
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided May 29, 1984 · Brennan, Marshall
467 U.S. 1220; 104 S. Ct. 2669 (United States Reports)

Gilbert v. South Carolina

Opinion of the Court

Ct. Common Pleas, Lexington County, S. C.;

Ct. Common Pleas, Lexington County, S. C.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

C. A. 5th Cir.;

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Ariz.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 83-5148, 250 Ga. 693, 300 S. E. 2d 654; No. 83-5432, 704 F. 2d 1325; No. 83-5716, 708 F. 2d 549; No. 83-6519, 139 Ariz. 147, 677 P. 2d 920; No. 83-6549, 445 So. 2d 323.

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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