Knighton v. Blackburn

Supreme Court of the United States October 29, 1984

Knighton v. Blackburn, 469 U.S. 927 (1984)

105 S. Ct. 375; 53 U.S.L.W. 3337; 83 L. Ed. 2d 311; 1984 U.S. LEXIS 4087

Opinion of the Court

Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to JUSTICE WHITE, and by him referred to the Court, 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 a petition for writ of certiorari and would vacate the death sentence in this case.

Reference

Full Case Name: Knighton v. Blackburn, Warden
Status: Published