Supreme Court of the United States, 1984

Knighton v. Louisiana

Knighton v. Louisiana
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided October 15, 1984 · Brennan, Marshall
469 U.S. 924; 105 S. Ct. 306; 53 U.S.L.W. 3289; 83 L. Ed. 2d 241; 1984 U.S. LEXIS 4068 (United States Reports)
Knighton v. Louisiana

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Opinion of the Court

C. A. 5th Cir. Application for stay, presented to Justice White, and by him referred to the Court, denied. 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 the application for stay and the petition for writ of certiorari and would vacate the death sentence in this case.

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