Supreme Court of the United States, 1986

Vanwoudenberg v. Oklahoma

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided November 10, 1986 · Brennan, Marshall

479 U.S. 956; 107 S. Ct. 447; 93 L. Ed. 2d 395; 55 U.S.L.W. 3335; 1986 U.S. LEXIS 4713 (United States Reports)

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 the application for stay and the petition for writ of certiorari and would vacate the death sentence in this case.

Opinion of the Court

Ct. Crim. App. Okla. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice White, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Certiorari denied.

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