Lindsey v. Smith

Supreme Court of the United States
Lindsey v. Smith, 489 U.S. 1059 (1989)

Lindsey v. Smith

Opinion of the Court

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Ill.;

Sup. Ct. Ky.;

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Ct. Crim. App. Ala.;

C. A. 5th Cir.;

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Cal.;

Sup. Ct. Cal.; and

Ct. App. Mo., Eastern Dist. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 87-5617, 820 F. 2d 1137; No. 87-6740, 119 Ill. 2d 61, 518 N. E. 2d 78; No. 87-7103, 746 S. W. 2d 393; No. 88-5082, 838 F. 2d 1510; No. 88-5473, 527 So. 2d 1355; No. 88-5687, 849 F. 2d 204; No. 88-5828, 854 F. 2d 394; No. 88-6310, 46 Cal. 3d 432, 758 P. 2d 1135; No. 88-6410, 757 S. W. 2d 249.

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

Full Case Name
Lindsey v. Smith, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections Davis v. Illinois Simmons v. Kentucky Willis v. Zant, Superintendent, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center Horsley v. Alabama Edwards v. Black, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections Dunkins v. Thigpen, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections Cunningham v. Zant, Warden Brown v. California Kirkpatrick v. California Nave v. Missouri
Status
Published