Cain v. South Carolina

Supreme Court of the United States
Cain v. South Carolina, 497 U.S. 1010 (1990)

Cain v. South Carolina

Opinion of the Court

*1010Sup. Ct. S. C.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

C. A. 4th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Cal.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

C. A. 11th Cir.;

C. A. 10th Cir.;

*1011No. 89-7007. No. 89-7307. No. 89-7308. No. 89-7322. No. 89-7380. No. 89-7442.

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Ark.;

Sup. Ct. Va.;

Sup. Ct. Ill.; and

Sup. Ct. Ind. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 88-7318, 297 S. C. 497, 377 S. E. 2d 556; No. 88-7432, 767 S. W. 2d 387; No. 89-516, 881 F. 2d 117; No. 89-6062, 48 Cal. 3d 1001, 773 P. 2d 172; No. 89-6091, 789 S. W. 2d 572; No. 89-6324, 885 F. 2d 1497; No. 89-6509, 866 F. 2d 1185 and 888 F. 2d 1286; No. 89-7007, 784 S. W. 2d 38; No. 89-7307, 780 S. W. 2d 176; No. 89-7308, 301 Ark. 244, 783 S. W. 2d 341; No. 89-7380, 133 Ill. 2d 226, 549 N. E. 2d 240; No. 89-7442, 543 N. E. 2d 360.

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.

Reference

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Cain v. South Carolina West v. Tennessee Evans v. Thompson, Superintendent, Mecklenburg Correctional Center Murtishaw v. California Ransom v. Texas Moore v. Zant, Superintendent, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center Hopkinson v. Shillinger, Warden Barefield v. Texas Callins v. Texas Pickens v. Arkansas Barnes v. Thompson, Warden Barrow v. Illinois Huffman v. Indiana
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