Supreme Court of the United States, 1990

Coleman v. Saffle

Coleman v. Saffle
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided September 9, 1990 · Marshall
497 U.S. 1053 (United States Reports)

Coleman v. Saffle

Opinion of the Court

C. A. 10th Cir. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice White, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Certiorari denied. Justice Blackmun took no part in the consideration or decision of this application and this petition.

Dissenting Opinion

Justice Marshall,

dissenting.

Adhering to my view 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, 231 (1976), I would grant the application for stay of execution and the petition for writ of certiorari and would vacate the death sentence in this case.

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