Supreme Court of the United States, 1985

Caruthers v. Tennessee

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided January 21, 1985 · Brennan, Marshall

469 U.S. 1197; 83 L. Ed. 2d 982; 105 S. Ct. 981; 53 U.S.L.W. 3529; 1985 U.S. LEXIS 794 (United States Reports)

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.

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Tenn.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 84-5817, 676 S. W. 2d 935; No. 84-5864, 455 So. 2d 351.

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