Supreme Court of the United States, 1989

Gates v. Vasquez

Gates v. Vasquez
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided May 15, 1989 · Brennan, Marshall
490 U.S. 1076; 109 S. Ct. 2088 (United States Reports)

Gates v. Vasquez

Opinion of the Court

C. A. 9th Cir. Petition for writ of certiorari and petition for writ of habeas corpus 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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