Supreme Court of the United States, 1990

Wallace v. Arizona

Wallace v. Arizona
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided March 19, 1990 · Brennan, Marshall
494 U.S. 1047; 110 S. Ct. 1513 (United States Reports)

Wallace v. Arizona

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.

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Ariz. Certiorari denied. Justice O’Connor took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.

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