Supreme Court of the United States, 1984

Neal v. Mississippi

Neal v. Mississippi
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided December 10, 1984 · Brennan, Marshall
469 U.S. 1098; 105 S. Ct. 607 (United States Reports)

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.

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