Hopkinson v. Wyoming

Supreme Court of the United States December 9, 1985

Hopkinson v. Wyoming, 474 U.S. 1026 (1985)

54 U.S.L.W. 3392; 106 S. Ct. 582; 88 L. Ed. 2d 564; 1985 U.S. LEXIS 4837

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. Wyo.;

Super. Ct. N. C., Halifax County; and

Sup. Ct. Ind. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 85-5551, 704 P. 2d 1323; No. 85-5648, 479 N. E. 2d 1264.

Reference

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Status: Published