Perry v. Lockhart

Supreme Court of the United States
Perry v. Lockhart, 493 U.S. 959 (1989)
110 S. Ct. 378

Perry v. Lockhart

Opinion of the Court

C. A. 8th Cir. 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.

Reference

Full Case Name
Perry v. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction
Status
Published