Supreme Court of the United States, 1986

Roberts v. Missouri

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided November 3, 1986 · Brennan, Marshall

479 U.S. 946; 55 U.S.L.W. 3316; 107 S. Ct. 427; 93 L. Ed. 2d 378; 1986 U.S. LEXIS 4621 (United States Reports)

Cases that cite this one

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

State v. Smith (Mo. 1988)
State v. Murray (Mo. 1988)
State v. Johnston (Mo. 1997)
Robert Driscoll v. Paul Delo, Robert Driscoll v. Paul Delo (8th Cir. 1996)
Frederick Lashley v. William Armontrout, Warden, Missouri Department of Corrections (8th Cir. 1992)
State v. Feltrop (Mo. 1991)
Woods v. Commonwealth (Ky. 1990)
George C. Gilmore v. Bill Armontrout, George C. Gilmore v. Bill Armontrout (8th Cir. 1989)
State v. Kilgore (Mo. 1989)
State v. Smith (Mo. 1989)
State v. Walls (Mo. 1988)
State v. Clemmons (Mo. 1988)
State v. Sandles (Mo. 1987)
State v. Mallett (Mo. 1987)
Commonwealth v. Eldred (Ky. 1998)
Roy Roberts v. Michael Bowersox (8th Cir. 1998)
State v. Ervin (Mo. 1998)
State v. Clay (Mo. 1998)
State v. Simmons (Mo. 1997)
State v. Kreutzer (Mo. 1996)
State v. Wise (Mo. 1994)
State v. Mayfield (Mo. Ct. App. 1994)
State v. Hill (Mo. Ct. App. 1994)
State v. Grim (Mo. 1993)
State v. Isa (Mo. 1993)

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Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Mo.; and

Sup. Ct. Ky. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 86-5310, 709 S. W. 2d 857; No. 86-5482, 709 S. W. 2d 424.

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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