Supreme Court of the United States, 1986

Stringer v. Mississippi

Stringer v. Mississippi
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided October 20, 1986 · Brennan, Marshall
479 U.S. 922; 55 U.S.L.W. 3278; 107 S. Ct. 327; 93 L. Ed. 2d 300; 1986 U.S. LEXIS 4431 (United States Reports)

Stringer v. Mississippi

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Miss.;

C. A. 5th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Ala.;

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

Sup. Ct. Wash.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; and

Sup. Ct. Mo. Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 85-7013, 485 So. 2d 274; No. 86-5192, 790 F. 2d 1232; No. 86-5297, 473 So. 2d 1110; No. 86-5369, 105 Wash. 2d 398, 717 P. 2d 722; No. 86-5381, 711 S. W. 2d 9; No. 86-5452, 711 S. W. 2d 512.

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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