Supreme Court of the United States, 1988

Byrne v. Butler

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided June 13, 1988 · Application, Blackmun, Brennan, Grant, Marshall

486 U.S. 1051 (United States Reports)

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 the application for stay of execution and the petition for -writ of certiorari and would vacate the death sentence in this case.

Opinion of the Court

C. A. 5th Cir. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice White, and by him referred to the Court, denied.

Justice Blackmun and Justice Stevens would grant the application.

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