Supreme Court of the United States, 1984

Campbell v. Tennessee

Campbell v. Tennessee
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided October 15, 1984 · Brennan, Marshall
469 U.S. 920; 105 S. Ct. 302 (United States Reports)

Campbell v. Tennessee

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County; and

Sup. Ct. Ill. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 83-6898, 664 S. W. 2d 281; No. 84-5249, 101 Ill. 2d 470, 463 N. E. 2d 677.

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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