Supreme Court of the United States, 1986

King v. Illinois

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided October 6, 1986 · Brennan, Marshall

479 U.S. 872; 107 S. Ct. 249; 93 L. Ed. 2d 173; 55 U.S.L.W. 3237; 1986 U.S. LEXIS 4161 (United States Reports)

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Ill. Motion of petitioner to consolidate the petition for writ of certiorari with No. 84-6075, Tison v. Arizona [certiorari granted, 475 U. S. 1010], denied. 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 *873and Fourteenth Amendments, Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U. S. 153, 227, 231 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentence in this case.

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