Supreme Court of the United States, 1989

Caro v. California

Caro v. California
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided April 24, 1989 · Brennan, Marshall
490 U.S. 1040; 109 S. Ct. 1944 (United States Reports)

Caro v. California

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Cal. Certiorari denied.

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 sentence in this case.

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