Wiley v. Mississippi

Supreme Court of the United States
Wiley v. Mississippi, 486 U.S. 1036 (1988)

Wiley v. Mississippi

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Miss.;

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

Ct. Crim. App. Ala.;

Sup. Ct. Ala.; and

Sup. Ct. Nev. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 87-1520, 517 So. 2d 1373; No. 87-6686, 518 So. 2d 840; No. 87-6744, 519 So. 2d 586; No. 87-6758, 103 Nev. 563, 747 P. 2d 225.

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.

Reference

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Wiley v. Mississippi Banks v. Oklahoma Bell v. Alabama Musgrove v. Alabama Collier v. Nevada
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