Supreme Court of the United States, 1990

Hardcastle v. Pennsylvania

Hardcastle v. Pennsylvania
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided February 20, 1990 · Brennan, Marshall
493 U.S. 1093 (United States Reports)

Hardcastle v. Pennsylvania

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Pa.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Ill.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Mo.;

Sup. Ct. Va.; and

Sup. Ct. Va. Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 88-5811, 519 Pa. 236, 546 A. 2d 1101; No. 88-7299, 258 Ga. 583, 373 S. E. 2d 192; No. 89-5223, 128 Ill. 2d 231, 538 N. E. 2d 1107; No. 89-6166, 549 So. 2d 1370; No. 89-6192, 775 S. W. 2d 89; No. 89-6427, 238 Va. 295, 384 S. E. 2d 785; No. 89-6435, 238 Va. 563, 385 S. E. 2d 850.

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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