Green v. Missouri

Supreme Court of the United States
Green v. Missouri, 470 U.S. 1034 (1985)
105 S. Ct. 1407; 84 L. Ed. 2d 794; 53 U.S.L.W. 3635; 1985 U.S. LEXIS 1307

Green v. Missouri

Opinion of the Court

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Miss.;

Ct. App. Md.;

Super. Ct. Ariz., Maricopa

County;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

Sup. Ct. Ala.; and

Sup. Ct. Mo. Certio-rari denied.

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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