Supreme Court of the United States, 1986

Riley v. Delaware

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided July 7, 1986 · Brennan, Marshall

478 U.S. 1022; 92 L. Ed. 2d 743; 54 U.S.L.W. 3867; 106 S. Ct. 3339; 1986 U.S. LEXIS 2765 (United States Reports)

Cases that cite this one

4 later published cases cite this decision.

James William Riley v. Stanley W. Taylor M. Jane Brady (3d Cir. 2001)
Hamann v. State (Del. 1989)
Riley v. Taylor (3d Cir. 2001)
Riley v. Taylor (3d Cir. 2001)

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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.

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Del.;

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Ct. Common Pleas S. C., Berkeley County;

Sup. Ct. Ill.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.; and

C. A. 4th Cir. Cer-tiorari denied. Reported below: No. 85-5451, 496 A. 2d 997; No. 85-6447, 776 F. 2d 1487; No. 85-6748, 109 Ill. 2d 391, *1023488 N. E. 2d 255; No. 85-6818, 255 Ga. 380, 338 S. E. 2d 669; No. 85-6834, 783 F. 2d 401.

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