Supreme Court of the United States, 1985

Dufour v. Mississippi

Dufour v. Mississippi
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided February 19, 1985 · Brennan, Marshall
469 U.S. 1230; 105 S. Ct. 1231; 84 L. Ed. 2d 368; 53 U.S.L.W. 3599; 1985 U.S. LEXIS 1123 (United States Reports)

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.

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