Supreme Court of the United States, 1990

Messiah v. Louisiana

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided January 22, 1990 · Brennan, Marshall

493 U.S. 1063 (United States Reports)

Cases that cite this one

1 later published case cites this decision.

State v. Wolfe (La. Ct. App. 1993)

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Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. La.;

Sup. Ct. Va.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 89-5580, 538 So. 2d 175; No. 89-6107, 238 Va. 389, 384 S. E. 2d 757.

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 sentences in these cases.

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