Poyner v. Virginia

Supreme Court of the United States October 7, 1985

Poyner v. Virginia, 474 U.S. 888 (1985)

106 S. Ct. 208; 54 U.S.L.W. 3227; 88 L. Ed. 2d 178; 1985 U.S. LEXIS 3872

Certiorari, Marshall

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Va. Certiorari denied.

Justice Brennan would grant certiorari.

Dissenting Opinion

Justice Marshall,

dissenting.

Adhering to my view 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, 231 (1976), I would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentence in this case.

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Status: Published