Supreme Court of the United States, 1985

Poyner v. Virginia

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided October 7, 1985 · Certiorari, Marshall

474 U.S. 888; 106 S. Ct. 208; 54 U.S.L.W. 3227; 88 L. Ed. 2d 178; 1985 U.S. LEXIS 3872 (United States Reports)

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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