Supreme Court of the United States, 1986

Blanks v. Georgia

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

475 U.S. 1090; 54 U.S.L.W. 3631; 106 S. Ct. 1479; 89 L. Ed. 2d 733; 1986 U.S. LEXIS 985 (United States Reports)

Cases that cite this one

5 later published cases cite this decision.

State v. Moore (N.J. 1991)
State v. Cobb (Conn. 1999)
In re DJ (D.C. 1987)
In re D.J. (D.C. 1987)
Southland News Co. v. People (Ill. App. Ct. 1986)

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Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Super. Ct. Ga., Houston County;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tenn.; and

Sup. Ct. Ill. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 85-5375, 254 Ga. 420, 330 S. E. 2d 575; No. 85-6145, 697 S. W. 2d 404; No. 85-6259, 255 Ga. 215, 336 S. E. 2d 762; No. 85-6268, 475 So. 2d 1228; No. 85-6275, 109 Ill. 2d 19, 485 N. E. 2d 363.

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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