Supreme Court of the United States, 1985

Collins v. Illinois

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided October 21, 1985 · Brennan, Marshall

474 U.S. 935; 54 U.S.L.W. 3271; 88 L. Ed. 2d 274; 106 S. Ct. 267; 1985 U.S. LEXIS 4162 (United States Reports)

Cases that cite this one

198 later published cases cite this decision. The 25 that cite it most often are listed here.

Oliver Jones v. Richard L. Dugger (11th Cir. 1988)
People v. Linscott (Ill. 1986)
People v. Wilson (Ill. App. Ct. 1986)
People v. Spears (Ill. App. Ct. 1988)
State v. Sampson (Md. 2001)
United States Ex Rel. Gill v. Gramley (District Court, N.D. Illinois 1998)
In re Prudential Insurance Co. of America Sales Practices Litigation (District Court, D. New Jersey 1997)
People v. Madej (Ill. 1997)
People v. Madej (Ill. 1997)
People v. Eiland (Ill. App. Ct. 1991)
People v. Stallings (Ill. App. Ct. 1991)
People v. Kunze (Ill. App. Ct. 1990)
People v. Evans (Ill. 1988)
People v. Harvey (Ill. App. Ct. 1988)
William Neal Moore v. Ralph Kemp (11th Cir. 1987)
Cook v. State (Tex. Crim. App. 1987)
People v. Linscott (Ill. App. Ct. 1987)
People v. Erickson (Ill. 1987)
People v. Guest (Ill. 1986)
People v. Escobedo (Ill. App. Ct. 1986)
Turner v. Frascella Enterprises, Inc. (In re Frascella Enterprises, Inc.) (United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania 2006)
Johnson v. Robinson (In re Johnson) (United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania 2003)
Lichtenstein v. MBNA America Bank, N.A. (In re Computer Personalities Systems, Inc.) (United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania 2002)
Douris v. Dougherty (District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania 2002)
D'ALESSANDRO v. Robinson (United States District Court for the District of Delaware 2002)

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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.

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Ill.;

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

C. A. 5th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.; and

Ct. Crim. App. Ala. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 85-5164, 106 Ill. 2d 237, 478 N. E. 2d 267; No. 85-5180, 106 Ill. 2d 201, 478 N. E. 2d 392; No. 85-5291, 699 P. 2d 653; No. 85-5308, 767 F. 2d 916; No. 85-5310, 254 Ga. 538, 331 S. E. 2d 561; No. 85-5477, 470 So. 2d 1303.

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