Supreme Court of the United States, 1990

Sutton v. Tennessee

Sutton v. Tennessee
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided June 28, 1990 · Brennan, Marshall
497 U.S. 1031 (United States Reports)

Sutton v. Tennessee

Opinion of the Court

*1031Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

Sup. Ct. Ill.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

C. A. 8th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Ill.;

Sup. Ct. Ariz.;

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Ariz.;

Sup. Ct. Ill.;

Sup. Ct. Ill.;

Sup. Ct. Ill.;

Sup. Ct. Ariz.;

Sup. Ct. Ill.;

Sup. Ct. Ill.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

Sup. Ct. Ariz.;

Sup. Ct. Idaho;

Sup. Ct. Ariz.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County;

*1032No. 89-5848. No. 89-5990. No. 89-6298. No. 89-6317. No. 89-6459. No. 89-6461. No. 89-6600. No. 89-6626. No. 89-6778. No. 89-6870. No. 89-6953. No. 89-7080. No. 89-7178. No. 89-7474. No. 89-7512. No. 89-7528.

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Ill.;

Sup. Ct. Ill.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

C. A. 5th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Idaho;

Sup. Ct. Mo.;

Sup. Ct. Ill.;

Sup. Ct. Ill;

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Ct. App. Md.;

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.; and

Sup. Ct. Ala. Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 88-6512, 761 S. W. 2d 763; No. 88-7332, 127 Ill. 2d 12, 535 N. E. 2d 889; No. 88-7444, 768 S. W. 2d 239; No. 88-7451, 859 F. 2d 575; No. 89-5008, 126 Ill. 2d 424, 535 N. E. 2d 766; No. 89-5133, 160 Ariz. 119, 770 P. 2d 1165; No. 89-5146, 128 Ill. 2d 111, 538 N. E. 2d 428; No. 89-5219, 128 Ill. 2d 1, 538 N. E. 2d 453 and 461; No. 89-5232, 127 Ill. 2d 499, 538 N. E. 2d 500; No. 89-5435, 128 Ill. 2d 388, 539 N. E. 2d 1172; No. 89-5443, 128 Ill. 2d 66, 538 N. E. 2d 481; No. 89-5470, 771 S. W. 2d 387; No. 89-5513, 774 S. W. 2d 908; No. 89-5616, 115 Idaho 1125, 772 P. 2d 1219; No. 89-5635, 771 S. W. 2d 401; No. 89-5848, 779 P. 2d 591; No. 89-5990, 551 So. 2d 461; No. 89-6298, 549 So. 2d 171; No. 89-6317, 129 Ill. 2d 321, 544 N. E. 2d 330; No. 89-6459, 129 Ill. 2d 303, 544 N. E. 2d 276; No. 89-6461, 554 So. 2d 1168; No. 89-6600, 879 F. 2d 140; No. 89-6626, 116 Idaho 860, 781 P. 2d 197; No. 89-6778, 781 S. W. 2d 791; No. 89-6870, 132 Ill. 2d 128, 547 N. E. 2d 124; No. 89-6953, 132 Ill. 2d 235, 547 N. E. 2d 202; No. 89-7080, 883 F. 2d 1503; No. 89-7178, 318 Md. 269, 568 A. 2d 1; No. 89-7474, *1033890 F. 2d 332; No. 89-7512, 259 Ga. 717, 386 S. E. 2d 316; No. 89-7528, 555 So. 2d 780.

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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