Supreme Court of the United States, 1988

Fisher v. Oklahoma

Fisher v. Oklahoma
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided June 13, 1988 · Brennan, Marshall
486 U.S. 1061 (United States Reports)

Fisher v. Oklahoma

Opinion of the Court

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

Sup. Ct. N. C.;

Gen. Ct. Justice, Super. Ct. Div., Forsyth County, N. C.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Wash.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. N. C.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; and

Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 87-6008, 736 P. 2d 1003 *1062and 739 P. 2d 523; No. 87-6125, 320 N. C. 688, 360 S. E. 2d 667; No. 87-6365, 744 S. W. 2d 53; No. 87-6460, 108 Wash. 2d 734, 743 P. 2d 210; No. 87-6644, 520 So. 2d 246; No. 87-6674, 321 N. C. 125, 362 S. E. 2d 513; No. 87-6774, 741 S. W. 2d 382; No. 87-6845, 736 S. W. 2d 673.

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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