Walker v. Illinois

Supreme Court of the United States
Walker v. Illinois, 479 U.S. 995 (1986)
93 L. Ed. 2d 600; 55 U.S.L.W. 3393; 107 S. Ct. 599; 1986 U.S. LEXIS 5054

Walker v. Illinois

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Ill.;

Ct. App. Md.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

Ct. Crim. App. Ala.;

Sup. Ct. Wash.;

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.; and

Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 86-277, 109 Ill. 2d 484, 488 N. E. 2d 529; No. 86-5453, 306 Md. 428, 509 A. 2d 1179; No. 86-5617, 489 So. 2d 720; No. 86-5631, 720 P. 2d 734; No. 86-5639, 494 So. 2d 124; No. 86-5644, 105 Wash. 2d 692, 718 P. 2d 407; No. 86-5683, 723 P. 2d 273; No. 86-5686, 256 Ga. 140, 344 S. E. 2d 644.

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.

Reference

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