Mason v. Sielaff

Supreme Court of the United States June 25, 1985

Mason v. Sielaff, 472 U.S. 1033 (1985)

105 S. Ct. 3517; 87 L. Ed. 2d 645; 1985 U.S. LEXIS 2361

Opinion of the Court

C. A. 4th Cir. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to The *1034Chief Justice, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Cer-tiorari 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 and Fourteenth Amendments, Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U. S. 153, 227, 231 (1976), we would grant the application for stay and the petition for writ of certiorari and would vacate the death sentence in this case.

Reference

Full Case Name: Mason v. Sielaff, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections
Status: Published