Supreme Court of the United States, 1985

Watson v. Louisiana

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided January 14, 1985 · Brennan, Marshall

469 U.S. 1181; 105 S. Ct. 939; 53 U.S.L.W. 3507; 83 L. Ed. 2d 952; 1985 U.S. LEXIS 655 (United States Reports)

Cases that cite this one

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

Farmah v. State (Tex. Crim. App. 1994)
Guzman v. State (Tex. Crim. App. 1997)
Amores v. State (Tex. Crim. App. 1991)
State v. Davis (La. Ct. App. 2013)
State v. Cosey (La. 2000)
State v. Williams (La. Ct. App. 1991)
State v. Williams (La. Ct. App. 1991)
State v. Jones (La. Ct. App. 1990)
State v. Lee (La. Ct. App. 1988)
State v. Martin (La. Ct. App. 1987)
State v. Walters (La. Ct. App. 1987)
State v. Maresco (La. Ct. App. 1986)
Morgan v. State (Tex. App. 2010)
Campbell v. State (Tex. App. 2010)
Texas Department of Public Safety v. Axt (Tex. App. 2009)
Shipman v. State (Tex. App. 1997)
Provenzano v. Singletary (United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida 1997)
Eurus Kelly Waters v. Albert G. Thomas, Warden Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center (11th Cir. 1995)
Flores v. State (Tex. App. 1995)
In re MEB (D.C. 1993)
In re M.E.B. (D.C. 1993)
Alphonso Cave, Cross-Appellant v. Harry K. Singletary, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, Cross-Appellee (11th Cir. 1992)
United States v. James Norton, United States of America v. Paul Fosco, James Pinckard, Paul A. Di Franco, James Norton, Defendants (11th Cir. 1989)
Gerald Eugene Stano v. Richard L. Dugger, Robert A. Butterworth (11th Cir. 1989)
Fearance v. State (Tex. Crim. App. 1988)

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Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. La.;

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 84-5538, 449 So. 2d 1321; No. 84-5625, 735 F. 2d 395; No. 84-5632, 453 So. 2d 784; No. 84-5659, 452 So. 2d 520; No. 84-5776, 454 So. 2d 556.

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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