Supreme Court of the United States, 1986

Martin v. Wainwright

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided October 14, 1986 · Brennan, Grant, Limited, Marshall, Presented, Question, Writ

479 U.S. 909; 107 S. Ct. 307; 55 U.S.L.W. 3258; 93 L. Ed. 2d 281; 1986 U.S. LEXIS 4340 (United States Reports)

Opinion of the Court

C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.

Justice Blackmun would grant the petition for writ of certiorari limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.

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 *910and 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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