Brogdon v. Louisiana

Supreme Court of the United States
Brogdon v. Louisiana, 471 U.S. 1111 (1985)
85 L. Ed. 2d 862; 105 S. Ct. 2345; 53 U.S.L.W. 3808; 1985 U.S. LEXIS 1899

Brogdon v. Louisiana

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.

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. La.;

Sup. Ct. Ark.;

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. S. C.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Va.;

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.; and

Sup. Ct. Ariz. Cer-tiorari denied. Reported below: No. 84-6033, 457 So. 2d 616; No. 84-6284, 284 Ark. 289, 681 S. W. 2d 380; No. 84-6326, 733 F. 2d 766; No. 84-6408, 284 S. C. 388, 326 S. E. 2d 153; No. 84-6413, 460 So. 2d 890; No. 84-6486, 228 Va. 535, 323 S. E. 2d 577; No. 84-6526, 143 Ariz. 142, 692 P. 2d 991.

Reference

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Brogdon v. Louisiana Fairchild v. Arkansas Hall v. Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Singleton v. South Carolina Stano v. Florida Washington v. Virginia Dutton v. Oklahoma Carriger v. Arizona
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