Supreme Court of the United States, 1985

Lindsey v. Alabama

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

470 U.S. 1023; 105 S. Ct. 1384; 53 U.S.L.W. 3618; 84 L. Ed. 2d 403; 1985 U.S. LEXIS 1226 (United States Reports)

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Ala. Certio-rari denied. Justice Marshall would grant certiorari.

Dissenting Opinion

Justice Brennan,

dissenting.

Adhering to my view 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, *1024227 (1976), I would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentence in this case.

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