Supreme Court of the United States, 1989

Copeland v. Louisiana

Copeland v. Louisiana
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided March 20, 1989 · Brennan, Marshall
489 U.S. 1091 (United States Reports)

Copeland v. Louisiana

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.

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. La.;

C. A. 5th Cir.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. S. C.;

Sup. Ct. Cal.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

C. A. 4th Cir.;

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; and

Sup. Ct. Nev. Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 88-5961, 530 So. 2d 526; No. 88-6148, 860 F. 2d 623; No. 88-6150, 757 S. W. 2d 359; No. 88-6203, 296 S. C. 379, 373 S. E'. 2d 587; No. 88-6350, 46 Cal. 3d -963, 760 P. 2d 475; No. 88-6361, 762 S. W. 2d 110; No. 88-6365, 745 S. W. 2d 858 and 759 S. W. 2d 651; No. 88-6393, 856 F. 2d 677; No. 88-6530, 761 S. W. 2d 307; No. 88-6655, 104 Nev. 867.

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