Supreme Court of the United States, 1986

Waters v. Kemp, Warden

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided February 24, 1986 · Blackmun, Brennan, Marshall

475 U.S. 1039; 106 S. Ct. 1249; 89 L. Ed. 2d 357; 54 U.S.L.W. 3564; 1986 U.S. LEXIS 533 (United States Reports)

Cases that cite this one

2 later published cases cite this decision.

Eurus Kelly Waters v. Albert G. Thomas, Warden Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center (11th Cir. 1995)
Eurus Kelly Waters v. Walter Zant, Warden Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center (11th Cir. 1992)

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Opinion

475 U.S. 1039

106 S.Ct. 1249

89 L.Ed.2d 357

Eurus Kelly WATERS, petitioner,
v.
Ralph KEMP, Warden.

No. 85-6010

Supreme Court of the United States

February 24, 1986

The petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Georgia is denied.

Justice BRENNAN, dissenting:

Adhering to my view 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, 96 S.Ct. 2909, 2950, 49 L.Ed.2d 859 (1976), I would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentence in this case.

Justice MARSHALL and Justice BLACKMUN would grant the petition for a writ of certiorari, vacate the judgment and remand the case to the Supreme Court of Georgia for further consideration in light of Caldwell v. Mississippi, 472 U.S. 320, 105 S.Ct. 2633, 86 L.Ed.2d 231 (1985).

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