Supreme Court of the United States, 1985

Hopkinson v. Wyoming

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided December 9, 1985 · Brennan, Marshall

474 U.S. 1026; 54 U.S.L.W. 3392; 106 S. Ct. 582; 88 L. Ed. 2d 564; 1985 U.S. LEXIS 4837 (United States Reports)

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.

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