Mattson v. California
Supreme Court of the United States
Mattson v. California, 498 U.S. 1017 (1990)
Mattson v. California
Opinion of the Court
Sup. Ct. Cal.; and
Sup. Ct. Ohio. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 90-5941, 50 Cal. 3d 826, 789 P. 2d 983; No. 90-6041, 51 Ohio St. 3d 160, 555 N. E. 2d 293.
Dissenting Opinion
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 certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.
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- Mattson v. California Lott v. Ohio
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