Supreme Court of the United States, 1990

Benner v. Ohio

Benner v. Ohio
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided April 16, 1990 · Brennan, Marshall
494 U.S. 1090 (United States Reports)

Benner v. Ohio

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 eases.

Opinion of the Court

Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Certiorari denied.

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