Brogdon v. Louisiana
Brogdon v. Louisiana
Dissenting Opinion
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.
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