Supreme Court of the United States, 1989

Burton v. California

Burton v. California
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided February 21, 1989 · Brennan, Marshall
489 U.S. 1040 (United States Reports)

Burton v. California

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Cal.;

Sup. Ct. Mo.;

Sup. Ct. Ill.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Ct. App. Mo., Southern Dist.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Ohio;

Sup. Ct. Cal.;

Ct. App. Mo., Eastern Dist.; and

Sup. Ct. Ohio. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 88-5871, 756 S. W. 2d 503; No. 88-6079, 123 Ill. 2d 387, 528 N. E. 2d 648; No. 88-6082, 258 Ga. 523, 371 S. E. 2d 849; No. 88-6101, 530 So. 2d 45; No. 88-6135, 755 S. W. 2d 417; No. 88-6136, 529 So. 2d 1083; No. 88-6166, 762 S. W. 2d 146; No. 88-6190, 38 Ohio St. 3d 346, 528 N. E. 2d 910; No. 88-6202, 46 Cal. 3d 123, 756 P. 2d 1348; No. 88-6290, 755 S. W. 2d 419; No. 88-6325, 38 Ohio St. 3d 305, 528 N. E. 2d 523.

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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