Supreme Court of the United States, 1989

Boyd v. Alabama

Boyd v. Alabama
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided October 2, 1989 · Brennan, Certiorari, Marshall
493 U.S. 883; 110 S. Ct. 219 (United States Reports)

Boyd v. Alabama

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Ala. Certiorari denied.

Justice White would grant certiorari.

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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