Supreme Court of the United States, 1986

Austin v. Tennessee

Austin v. Tennessee
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided January 13, 1986 · Brennan, Marshall
474 U.S. 1073; 106 S. Ct. 838 (United States Reports)

Austin v. Tennessee

Opinion of the Court

Ct. Crim. App. Tenn.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

Sup. Ct. Ariz.;

Sup. Ct. Mont.;

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

Sup. Ct. Ohio; and

C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 85-5058, 691 S. W. 2d 636; No. 85-5126, 701 P. 2d 1039; No. 85-5705, 145 Ariz. 538, 703 P. 2d 482; No. 85-5844,-Mont.-and-, 705 P. 2d 1087 and 1110; No. 85-5846, 708 P. 2d 592; No. 85-5867, 19 Ohio St. 3d 122, 483 N. E. 2d 1157; No. 85-5880, 772 F. 2d 668.

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.

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