Supreme Court of the United States, 1985

Green v. Missouri

Green v. Missouri
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided March 4, 1985 · Brennan, Marshall
470 U.S. 1034; 105 S. Ct. 1407; 84 L. Ed. 2d 794; 53 U.S.L.W. 3635; 1985 U.S. LEXIS 1307 (United States Reports)

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.

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