Supreme Court of the United States, 1985

Edmonds v. Virginia

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided November 4, 1985 · Brennan, Marshall

474 U.S. 975; 88 L. Ed. 2d 324; 54 U.S.L.W. 3310; 106 S. Ct. 339; 1985 U.S. LEXIS 4342 (United States Reports)

Cases that cite this one

233 later published cases cite this decision. The 24 that cite it most often are listed here.

State v. White (Ariz. 1991)
Calvin Gunn v. Lanson Newsome, Warden (11th Cir. 1989)
Calvin Gunn v. Lanson Newsome, Warden (11th Cir. 1988)
Tibbs v. Commonwealth (Va. Ct. App. 2000)
State v. Williams (Ariz. 1995)
State v. Salazar (Ariz. 1992)
State v. Lavers (Ariz. 1991)
State v. Comer (Ariz. 1990)
William Neal Moore v. Walter Zant (11th Cir. 1989)
State v. Walton (Ariz. 1989)
John Harvey Adamson v. James G. Ricketts, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections (9th Cir. 1988)
William Neal Moore v. Ralph Kemp (11th Cir. 1987)
State v. LaGrand (Ariz. 1987)
McGriff v. State (Ala. Crim. App. 2001)
Atkins v. Commonwealth (Va. 2000)
McGriff v. State (Ala. Crim. App. 2000)
DeBruce v. State (Ala. Crim. App. 1993)
Mueller v. Commonwealth (Va. 1992)
Mu'Min v. Commonwealth (Va. 1990)
Winckler v. Commonwealth (Va. Ct. App. 2000)
Booker v. State (Fla. 2000)
Beck v. Angelone (District Court, E.D. Virginia 2000)
Hardy v. State (Ala. Crim. App. 1999)
Stewart v. State (Ala. Crim. App. 1997)

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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, *976227, 231 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Va.;

Sup. Ct. Ariz.;

C. A. 11th Cir.; and

Sup. Ct. Ala. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 85-5417, 229 Va. 303, 329 S. E. 2d 807; No. 85-5478, 145 Ariz. 441, 702 P. 2d 670; No. 85-5486, 764 F. 2d 1371; No. 85-5548, 472 So. 2d 1106.

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