Supreme Court of the United States, 1985

Young v. Zant

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided February 25, 1985 · Brennan, Marshall

470 U.S. 1009; 53 U.S.L.W. 3618; 105 S. Ct. 1371; 84 L. Ed. 2d 390; 1985 U.S. LEXIS 1222 (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

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Nev.;

Ct. Crina. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Ala.; and

Ct. Crim. App. Tenn. Certiorari denied.

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