Supreme Court of the United States, 1990

Mattson v. California

Mattson v. California
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided December 10, 1990 · Marshall
498 U.S. 1017 (United States Reports)

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

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 certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.

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