Supreme Court of the United States, 1988

Smith v. Kentucky

Smith v. Kentucky
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided January 19, 1988 · Brennan, Marshall
484 U.S. 1036 (United States Reports)

Smith v. Kentucky

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Ky.;

C. A. 4th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Ind.;

Sup. Ct. Va.;

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.; and

*1037No. 87-6002.

Sup. Ct. Ohio. 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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