Burton v. California

Supreme Court of the United States
Burton v. California, 489 U.S. 1040 (1989)

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.

Reference

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Burton v. California Sloan v. Missouri Jones v. Illinois Hardy v. Georgia Turner v. Florida Boliek v. Missouri Harvey v. Florida Allridge v. Texas Williams v. Ohio Hamilton v. California Gilmore v. Missouri Brown v. Ohio
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