Supreme Court of the United States, 1986

Davis v. Oklahoma

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided March 31, 1986 · Brennan, Marshall

475 U.S. 1098; 89 L. Ed. 2d 900; 54 U.S.L.W. 3648; 106 S. Ct. 1499; 1986 U.S. LEXIS 1064 (United States Reports)

Opinion of the Court

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Mo.;

Sup. Ct. Ind.;

Sup. Ct. Mo.;

Sup. Ct. Miss.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Miss.; and

Sup. Ct. S. C. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 85-5053, 470 So. 2d 697; No. 85-5553, 693 S. W. 2d 79; No. 85-5651, 478 N. E. 2d *10991214; No. 85-5833, 694 S. W. 2d 729; No. 85-6168, 478 So. 2d 1043; No. 85-6228, 476 So. 2d 1253; No. 85-6342, 479 So. 2d 710.

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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