Supreme Court of the United States, 1985

Wingo v. Louisiana

Wingo v. Louisiana
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided April 15, 1985 · Brennan, Marshall
471 U.S. 1030; 105 S. Ct. 2049 (United States Reports)

Wingo v. Louisiana

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. La.;

Sup. Ct. La.;

Sup. Ct. Ala.;

C. A. 5th Cir.;

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

Sup. Ct. Ind.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

Sup. Ct. Ala. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 84-5339, 457 So. 2d 1159; No. 84-6073, 459 So. 2d 510; No. 84-6224, 459 So. 2d 959; No. 84-6250, 744 F. 2d 1091; No. 84-6251, 690 P. 2d 463; No. 84-6285, 470 N. E. 2d 666; No. 84-6348, 457 So. 2d 1012; No. 84-6442, 456 So. 2d 404.

Concurring in Part

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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