Supreme Court of the United States, 1984

Travaglia v. Pennsylvania

Travaglia v. Pennsylvania
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided June 18, 1984 · Brennan, Marshall
467 U.S. 1256; 104 S. Ct. 3548 (United States Reports)

Travaglia v. Pennsylvania

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, *1257227, 231 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Pa.;

Sup. Ct. Pa.;

Sup. Ct. Miss.;

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

C. A. 11th Cir.; and

Sup. Ct. N. M. Certiorari denied. Reported below: Nos. 83-6260 and 83-6266, 502 Pa. 474, 467 A. 2d 288; No. 83-6452, 435 So. 2d 664; No. 83-6500, 674 P. 2d 1134; No. 83-6608, 720 F. 2d 1212; No. 83-6636, 100 N. M. 756, 676 P. 2d 1321.

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