Supreme Court of the United States, 1987

Smith v. Pennsylvania

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided March 30, 1987 · Brennan, Marshall

480 U.S. 951 (United States Reports)

Cases that cite this one

4 later published cases cite this decision.

Sokolowski v. Allied-Signal, Inc. (District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania 1990)
Dath v. Marano Truck Sales & Service, Inc. (Pa. Super. Ct. 1994)
Commonwealth v. McLean (Pa. 1989)
Commonwealth v. Nelson (Pa. 1989)

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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.

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Pa.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup, Ct. Ill.;

Sup. Ct. Ill.;

C. A. 4th Cir.; and

C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.

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