Supreme Court of the United States, 1987

Frey v. Pennsylvania

Frey v. Pennsylvania
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided April 6, 1987 · Brennan, Marshall
481 U.S. 1007 (United States Reports)

Frey v. Pennsylvania

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Pa.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Ill.;

Super. Ct. Pa.; and

Sup. Ct. Ala. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 86-6208, 512 Pa. 557, 517 A. 2d 1265; No. 86-6334, 718 S. W. 2d 741; No. 86-6355, 114 Ill. 2d 424, 501 N. E. 2d 111; No. 86-6372, 359 Pa. Super. 631, 515 A. 2d 620; No. 86-6470, 500 So. 2d 57.

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, *1008227, 231 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.

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