Supreme Court of the United States, 1984

Harper v. Nebraska

Harper v. Nebraska
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided January 23, 1984 · Brennan, Marshall
465 U.S. 1013; 104 S. Ct. 1017 (United States Reports)

Harper v. Nebraska

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Neb.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Ariz.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 83-5815, 214 Neb. 911, 336 N. W. 2d 597; No. 83-5840, 437 So. 2d 147; No. 83-5912, 137 Ariz. 278, 670 P. 2d 383; No. 83-5945, 437 So. 2d 138.

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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