Clozza v. Bair

Supreme Court of the United States November 2, 1987

Clozza v. Bair, 484 U.S. 933 (1987)

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. Va.;

Sup. Ct. Ill.;

Sup. Ct. Ala.;

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

Sup. Ct. Mo.;

Sup. Ct. Va.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Ct. App. Mo., Eastern Dist.;

Sup. Ct. Mo.;

C. A. 5th Cir.; and

C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.

Reference

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