Supreme Court of the United States, 1986

McKenna v. Nevada

McKenna v. Nevada
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided January 21, 1986 · Brennan, Marshall
474 U.S. 1093; 106 S. Ct. 868 (United States Reports)

McKenna v. Nevada

Opinion of the Court

*1093Sup. Ct. Nev.;

Ct. App. Md.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

*1094No. 85-5882. No. 85-5926. No. 85-5930.

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. S. C.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 85-5678, 101 Nev. 338, 705 P. 2d 614; No. 85-5727, 303 Md. 487, 495 A. 2d 1; No. 85-5831, 473 So. 2d 1282; No. 85-5882, 474 So. 2d 777; No. 85-5926, 286 S. C. 441, 334 S. E. 2d 813; No. 85-5930, 473 So. 2d 672.

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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