Supreme Court of the United States, 1990

Stokes v. Delo

Stokes v. Delo
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided May 11, 1990 · Brennan, Marshall
495 U.S. 926 (United States Reports)

Stokes v. Delo

Opinion of the Court

Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice Blackmun, and by him referred to the Court, 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 the application for stay of execution.

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