Supreme Court of the United States, 1986

McDougall v. North Carolina

McDougall v. North Carolina
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided October 6, 1986 · Brennan, Marshall
479 U.S. 870; 107 S. Ct. 238; 93 L. Ed. 2d 163; 55 U.S.L.W. 3236; 1986 U.S. LEXIS 4132 (United States Reports)

McDougall v. North Carolina

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

*870Gen. Ct. Justice, Super. Ct. Div., Mecklenburg County, N. C.;

Sup. Ct. Nev.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Idaho;

*871No. 85-6831. No. 85-6868. No. 85-6890. No. 85-6933. No. 85-6950. No. 85-6958. No. 85-6970. No. 85-7017. No. 85-7026. No. 85-7050. No. 85-7063. No. 85-7070. No. 85-7088. No. 85-7089. No. 85-7141. No. 85-7236. No. 86-106. No. 86-5007. No. 86-5109. No. 86-5127. No. 86-5206. No. 86-5280. No. 86-5300.

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Ohio;

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. N. C.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Nev.;

Sup. Ct. La.;

Sup. Ct. Mo.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. La.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

Sup. Ct. Ky.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Ill.;

Sup. Ct. Mo.; and

Sup. Ct. Nev. Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 85-2027, 101 Nev. 627, 708 P. 2d 289; No. 85-6424, 701 S. W. 2d 868; No. 85-6755, 109 Idaho 766, 710 P. 2d 1202; No. 85-6831, 707 S. W. 2d 23; No. 85-6868, 698 S. W. 2d 154; No. 85-6890, 22 Ohio St. 3d 124, 489 N. E. 2d 795; No. 85-6933, 778 F. 2d 1544; No. 85-6950, 713 P. 2d 1032; No. 85-6958, 484 So. 2d 568; No. 85-6970, 315 N. C. 398, 340 S. E. 2d 673; No. 85-7017, 255 Ga. 565, 340 S. E. 2d 843; No. 85-7026, 706 S. W. 2d 105; No. 85-7050, 255 Ga. 483, 340 S. E. 2d 9; No. 85-7063, 102 Nev. 158, 716 P. 2d 1387; No. 85-7070, 483 So. 2d 564; No. 85-7088, 707 S. W. 2d 365; No. 85-7089, 255 Ga. 588, 340 S. E. 2d 862; No. 85-7141, 483 So. 2d 578; No. 85-7236, 709 S. W. 2d 561; No. 86-106, 486 So. 2d 578; No. 86-5007, 718 P. 2d 354; No. 86-5109, 709 S. W. 2d 414; No. 86-5127, 255 Ga. 598, *872340 S. E. 2d 869; No. 86-5206, 112 Ill. 2d 154, 492 N. E. 2d 1269; No. 86-5300, 101 Nev. 782, 711 P. 2d 856.

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