Supreme Court of the United States, 1984

Frey v. Francis

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided October 29, 1984 · Brennan, Marshall

469 U.S. 963; 105 S. Ct. 363 (United States Reports)

Cases that cite this one

28 later published cases cite this decision. The 25 that cite it most often are listed here.

Ronald Eugene Rickman, Petitioner-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Ricky Bell, Warden, Respondent-Appellant/cross-Appellant (6th Cir. 1997)
Rickman v. State (Tenn. Crim. App. 1997)
State v. Greene (N.C. 1989)
State v. McLaughlin (N.C. 1988)
Commonwealth v. Buehl (Pa. 1986)
State v. Brown (N.C. 1985)
State v. Edwards (N.C. Ct. App. 2018)
White v. Commonwealth (Ky. 2016)
Commonwealth v. Paisley (Ky. 2006)
Hodge v. Commonwealth (Ky. 2000)
State v. Barnes (N.C. 1997)
State v. McCarver (N.C. 1995)
State v. Jones (N.C. 1994)
State v. Bacon (N.C. 1994)
State v. Coffey (N.C. 1994)
Rickman v. Dutton (District Court, M.D. Tennessee 1994)
State v. Holder (N.C. 1992)
Anson Avery Maynard v. Gary Dixon, Warden, Central Prison, Raleigh, Nc Lacy H. Thornburg, Attorney General of North Carolina (4th Cir. 1991)
Commonwealth v. Holloway (Pa. 1990)
State v. Quesinberry (N.C. 1989)
State v. Shreve (N.C. Ct. App. 1989)
State v. McKoy (N.C. 1988)
State v. Cummings (N.C. 1988)
State v. Wilson (N.C. 1988)
State v. Holden (N.C. 1987)

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Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Pa.;

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Ill.;

Sup. Ct. Ark.;

Sup. Ct. Ill.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. N. C.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tenn.; and

Sup. Ct. Ky. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 83-6919, 504 Pa. 428, 475 A. 2d 700; No. 83-6946, 504 Pa. 455, 475 A. 2d 714; No. 84-5045, 728 F. 2d 1322; No. 84-5170, 102 Ill. 2d 145, 464 N. E. 2d 252; No. 84-5175, 102 Ill. 2d 88, 464 N. E. 2d 261; No. 84-5180, 282 *964Ark. 304, 669 S. W. 2d 186; No. 84-5205, 102 Ill. 2d 23, 464 N. E. 2d 223; No. 84-5298, 667 S. W. 2d 720; No. 84-5334, 311 N. C. 1, 316 S. E. 2d 197; No. 84-5351, 671 S. W. 2d 241.

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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