Supreme Court of the United States, 1986

Esquivel v. McCotter

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided April 21, 1986 · Brennan, Marshall

475 U.S. 1132; 106 S. Ct. 1662; 54 U.S.L.W. 3698; 90 L. Ed. 2d 204; 1986 U.S. LEXIS 2004 (United States Reports)

Opinion of the Court

C. A. 5th Cir.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 85-6299, 777 F. 2d 956; No. 85-6365, 477 So. 2d 535.

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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