Supreme Court of the United States, 1986

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)

Cases that cite this one

180 later published cases cite this decision. The 25 that cite it most often are listed here.

State v. Gentry (Wash. 1995)
State v. Lord (Wash. 1992)
State v. Brett (Wash. 1995)
State v. Benn (Wash. 1993)
Robert Driscoll v. Paul Delo, Robert Driscoll v. Paul Delo (8th Cir. 1996)
State v. Hoffman (Wash. 1991)
James R. Stringer v. Charles J. Jackson, Interim Commissioner, Mississippi Dept. Of Corrections (5th Cir. 1989)
Warren Eugene Bridge v. James A. Lynaugh, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent (5th Cir. 1988)
Carl Eugene Kelly v. James A. Lynaugh, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent (5th Cir. 1988)
In re the Personal Restraint of Jeffries (Wash. 1988)
Michael Wayne Evans v. O.L. McCotter Director, Texas Department of Corrections (5th Cir. 1986)
West v. Johnson (5th Cir. 1996)
Ex Parte McNair (Ala. 1994)
Wasko v. Dugger (United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida 1991)
In re the Personal Restraint of Jeffries (Wash. 1990)
State v. Smith (Mo. 1988)
David Earl Wilson v. Robert H. Butler, Sr., Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, Louisiana (5th Cir. 1987)
United States v. Martinez (District Court, E.D. New York 2013)
Garza v. Thaler (District Court, W.D. Texas 2012)
Jasper v. Thaler (District Court, W.D. Texas 2011)
United States v. James (District Court, E.D. New York 2006)
Norris v. State (Ala. Crim. App. 1999)
United States v. Boyd Dean Weekley (6th Cir. 1997)
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gabriel Valdez ANDAVERDE, Defendant-Appellant (9th Cir. 1995)
Powell v. Bowersox (District Court, E.D. Missouri 1995)

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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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