Dufour v. Mississippi

Supreme Court of the United States
Dufour v. Mississippi, 469 U.S. 1230 (1985)
105 S. Ct. 1231; 84 L. Ed. 2d 368; 53 U.S.L.W. 3599; 1985 U.S. LEXIS 1123

Dufour v. Mississippi

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Miss.;

Sup. Ct. Miss.;

Ct. App. Md.;

Sup. Ct. Miss.;

Sup. Ct. N. C.;

Sup. Ct. N. C.;

Sup. Ct. Va.;

Sup. Ct. Mo.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

Sup. Ct. Ariz. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 84-5626, 453 So. 2d 337; No. 84-5727, 454 So. 2d 468; No. 84-5735, 300 Md. 387, 478 A. 2d 1143; No. 84-5783, 454 So. 2d 445; No. 84-5792, 311 N. C. 489, 319 S. E. 2d 591; No. 84-5845, 312 N. C. 1, 320 S. E. 2d 642; No. 84-5880, 228 Va. 124, 321 S. E. 2d 273; No. 84-5881, 676 S. W. 2d 494; No. 84-5960, 456 So. 2d 885; No. 84-5964, 142 Ariz. 323, 690 P. 2d 42.

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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