Supreme Court of the United States, 1986

Compton v. New Mexico

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided October 14, 1986 · Brennan, Marshall

479 U.S. 890; 93 L. Ed. 2d 265; 107 S. Ct. 291; 55 U.S.L.W. 3258; 1986 U.S. LEXIS 4334 (United States Reports)

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. N. M.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Ct. App. Md.; and

Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 85-6753, 104 N. M. 683, *891726 P. 2d 837; No. 85-7122, 483 So. 2d 424; No. 86-5021, 306 Md. 120, 507 A. 2d 1072.

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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