Neal v. Mississippi

Supreme Court of the United States
Neal v. Mississippi, 469 U.S. 1098 (1984)
105 S. Ct. 607

Neal v. Mississippi

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Miss.;

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Ala.;

Gen. Ct. Justice, Super. Ct. Div., Wake County, N.C.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 84-5399, 451 So. 2d 743; No. 84-5609, 738 F. 2d 1529; No. 84-5613, 455 So. 2d 938; No. 84-5672, 453 So. 2d 786.

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.

Reference

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