Gaskins v. South Carolina

Supreme Court of the United States
Gaskins v. South Carolina, 471 U.S. 1120 (1985)
86 L. Ed. 2d 266; 105 S. Ct. 2368; 53 U.S.L.W. 3825; 1985 U.S. LEXIS 1978

Gaskins v. South Carolina

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. S. C.;

Sup. Ct. N. C.;

Sup. Ct. Ill.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 84-6453, 284 S. C. 105, 326 S. E. 2d 132; No. 84-6498, 310 N. C. 632, 314 S. E. 2d 493; No. 84-6508, 104 Ill. 2d 463, 473 N. E. 2d 1227; No. 84-6522, 461 So. 2d 79.

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.

Reference

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