Supreme Court of the United States, 1984

Palmes v. Wainwright

Palmes v. Wainwright
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided October 29, 1984 · Brennan, Marshall
469 U.S. 976; 105 S. Ct. 374; 83 L. Ed. 2d 310; 53 U.S.L.W. 3325; 1984 U.S. LEXIS 4231 (United States Reports)

Palmes v. Wainwright

Opinion of the Court

ante, p. 873. Applications to suspend the effect of the order denying the petition for writ of certiorari and for stay of execution of sentence of death denied. Petition for rehearing 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 applications and the petition for rehearing, vacate the order denying certiorari, and would grant the petition for writ of certiorari and vacate the death sentence in this case.

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