Supreme Court of the United States, 1984

Fisher v. Arizona

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided November 26, 1984 · Brennan, Marshall

469 U.S. 1066; 83 L. Ed. 2d 436; 53 U.S.L.W. 3404; 105 S. Ct. 549; 1984 U.S. LEXIS 4605 (United States Reports)

Cases that cite this one

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

William E. Groseclose v. Ricky Bell, Warden (6th Cir. 1997)
State v. DeWitt (Ariz. 1996)
State v. Willoughby (Ariz. 1995)
State v. DeWitt (Ariz. Ct. App. 1994)
State Ex Rel. McDougall v. Riddel (Ariz. Ct. App. 1991)
Newman v. Maricopa County (Ariz. Ct. App. 1991)
State v. Cook (Ariz. 1991)
Engberg v. Meyer (Wyo. 1991)
State v. Lavers (Ariz. 1991)
In re the Appeal in Pima County Juvenile Severance Action No. S-2698 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1990)
State v. Walton (Ariz. 1989)
State v. Melson (Tenn. 1989)
John Harvey Adamson v. James G. Ricketts, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections (9th Cir. 1988)
State v. Oliver (Ariz. 1988)
State v. Tucker (Ariz. 1988)
State v. LaGrand (Ariz. 1987)
Depew v. Sullivan (Utah Ct. App. 2003)
Wingard v. State (Ala. Crim. App. 2001)
State v. Purcell (Ariz. Ct. App. 2001)
Matthews v. Galetka (Utah Ct. App. 1998)
State v. Soto-Fong (Ariz. 1996)
State v. Towery (Ariz. 1996)
State v. Nieto (Ariz. Ct. App. 1996)
Barrs v. WILKINSON IN AND FOR MARICOPA (Ariz. 1996)
State v. Roscoe (Ariz. 1996)

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Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Ariz.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tenn.; and

Ct. Crim. App. Tenn. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 84-5425, 141 Ariz. 227, 686 P. 2d 750.

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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