Supreme Court of the United States, 1985

Whitley v. Bair

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided November 12, 1985 · Brennan, Marshall

474 U.S. 989; 106 S. Ct. 398; 54 U.S.L.W. 3329; 88 L. Ed. 2d 350; 1985 U.S. LEXIS 4447 (United States Reports)

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Va. Certiorari denied.

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 sentence in this case.

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