Supreme Court of the United States, 1986

Celestine v. Blackburn

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided June 2, 1986 · Brennan, Marshall

476 U.S. 1164; 90 L. Ed. 2d 731; 54 U.S.L.W. 3794; 106 S. Ct. 2290; 1986 U.S. LEXIS 1599 (United States Reports)

Opinion of the Court

*1164C. A. 5th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

Sup. Ct. Miss.;

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

*1165No. 85-5736. No. 85-5852. No. 85-6676. No. 85-6692.

Super. Ct. N. C., Lee County;

Sup. Ct. Mo.;

Sup. Ct. 111.; and

Sup. Ct. N. C. Certiorari denied.

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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