Supreme Court of the United States, 1990

Ford v. Louisiana

Ford v. Louisiana
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided November 26, 1990 · Marshall
498 U.S. 992 (United States Reports)

Ford v. Louisiana

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. La.;

C. A. 4th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 90-5100, 563 So. 2d 873; No. 90-5541, 904 F. 2d 882; No. 90-5716, 565 So. 2d 304; No. 90-5949, 562 So. 2d 331.

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 *993and Fourteenth Amendments, Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U. S. 153, 231 (1976), I would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.

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