Supreme Court of the United States, 1987

Evans v. Cabana

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided July 7, 1987 · Brennan, Consideration, Marshall, Took

483 U.S. 1035; 108 S. Ct. 5 (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, *1036227, 231 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentence in this ease.

Opinion of the Court

C. A. 5th Cir. Certio-

rari denied.

Justice O’Connor took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.

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