Peterkin v. Pennsylvania

Supreme Court of the United States
Peterkin v. Pennsylvania, 479 U.S. 1070 (1987)
107 S. Ct. 963

Peterkin v. Pennsylvania

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Pa.;

Sup. Ct. Ky.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.; and

Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 86-5819, 511 Pa. 299, 513 A. 2d 373; No. 86-5833, 712 S. W. 2d 932; No. 86-5901, 256 Ga. 292, 348 S. E. 2d 451; No. 86-6061, 716 S. W. 2d 519.

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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Peterkin v. Pennsylvania Bevins v. Kentucky Fugitt v. Georgia Romero v. Texas
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Status
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