Supreme Court of the United States, 1988

Castro v. Oklahoma

Castro v. Oklahoma
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided March 21, 1988 · Brennan, Marshall
485 U.S. 971 (United States Reports)

Castro v. Oklahoma

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

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.; Sup. Ct. Va.; and Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied.

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