Supreme Court of the United States, 1987

Robbins v. North Carolina

Robbins v. North Carolina
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided October 19, 1987 · Brennan, Marshall
484 U.S. 918 (United States Reports)

Robbins v. North Carolina

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. N. C.;

Sup. Ct. Ala.; and

Sup. Ct. Va. Certiorari denied.

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.

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