Supreme Court of the United States, 1987

Smith v. Oklahoma

Smith v. Oklahoma
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided November 16, 1987 · Brennan, Marshall
484 U.S. 959 (United States Reports)

Smith v. Oklahoma

Opinion of the Court

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

Sup. Ct. Va.; and

Sup. Ct. N. C. 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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