Supreme Court of the United States, 1989

Dunkins v. Jones

Dunkins v. Jones
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided July 13, 1989 · Brennan, Marshall
492 U.S. 928 (United States Reports)

Dunkins v. Jones

Opinion of the Court

C. A. 11th Cir. Application for stay of execution of sentence of *929death, presented to Justice Kennedy, and by him referred to the Court, 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 the application for stay of execution and the petition for writ of certiorari and would vacate the death sentence in this case.

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