Supreme Court of the United States, 1985

Moore v. Maggio

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided June 24, 1985 · Brennan, Marshall

472 U.S. 1032; 87 L. Ed. 2d 643; 105 S. Ct. 3514; 53 U.S.L.W. 3895; 1985 U.S. LEXIS 2358 (United States Reports)

Opinion of the Court

C. A. 5th Cir.; and Sup. Ct. Ohio. Certiorari denied.

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 *1033and 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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