Supreme Court of the United States, 1985

Irving v. Mississippi

Irving v. Mississippi
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided March 18, 1985 · Brennan, Marshall
470 U.S. 1059; 105 S. Ct. 1774; 84 L. Ed. 2d 834; 53 U.S.L.W. 3669; 1985 U.S. LEXIS 1495 (United States Reports)

Irving v. Mississippi

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Miss.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.; and

Sup. Ct. Ariz. Certiorari

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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