Supreme Court of the United States, 1989

Perry v. Lockhart

Perry v. Lockhart
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided November 6, 1989 · Brennan, Marshall
493 U.S. 959; 110 S. Ct. 378 (United States Reports)

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.

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