Supreme Court of the United States, 1985

Edmonds v. Virginia

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)

Edmonds v. Virginia

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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