Supreme Court of the United States, 1985

Roscoe v. Arizona

Roscoe v. Arizona
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided April 29, 1985 · Brennan, Marshall
471 U.S. 1094; 53 U.S.L.W. 3777; 85 L. Ed. 2d 525; 105 S. Ct. 2169; 1985 U.S. LEXIS 1732 (United States Reports)

Roscoe v. Arizona

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Ariz.;

Sup. Ct. Wash.; and

Sup. Ct. N. C. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 84-6302, 145 Ariz. 212, 700 P. 2d 1312; No. 84-6306, 103 Wash. 2d 1, 691 P. 2d 929; No. 84-6364, 312 N. C. 499, 324 S. E. 2d 250.

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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