Supreme Court of the United States, 1987

Selby v. Cook

Selby v. Cook
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided August 27, 1987 · No. 87-5363 (A-174) · Brennan, Marshall
483 U.S. 1049; 108 S. Ct. 13; 56 U.S.L.W. 3194; 97 L. Ed. 2d 812; 1987 U.S. LEXIS 3144 (United States Reports)
Selby v. Cook

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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 *1050and Fourteenth Amendments, Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U. S. 153, 227, 231 (1976), we would grant the application for stay of execution and the petition for writ of certiorari and would vacate the death sentence in this case.

Opinion of the Court

C. A. 10th Cir. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice White, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Certiorari denied.

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