Supreme Court of the United States, 1985

Bowen v. Oklahoma

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided July 1, 1985 · Brennan, Marshall

473 U.S. 911; 53 U.S.L.W. 3912; 105 S. Ct. 3537; 87 L. Ed. 2d 660; 1985 U.S. LEXIS 2534 (United States Reports)

Cases that cite this one

3 later published cases cite this decision.

Stafford v. State (Okla. Crim. App. 1992)
Clifford Henry Bowen v. Gary D. Maynard, Warden, Oklahoma State Penitentiary (10th Cir. 1986)
Stafford v. Love (Okla. 1986)

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Opinion of the Court

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 84-1741, 715 P. 2d 1093; No. 84-6700, 697 P. 2d 165; No. 84-6714, 695 P. 2d 548; No. 84-6728, 253 Ga. 622, 323 S. E. 2d 801; No. 84-6808, 462 So. 2d 1075.

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.

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