Supreme Court of the United States, 1991

Belyeu v. Texas

Belyeu v. Texas
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided March 18, 1991 · Marshall
499 U.S. 931 (United States Reports)

Belyeu v. Texas

Opinion of the Court

*931Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Neb.;

C. A. 8th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Pa.;

*932No. 90-6541. No. 90-6816. No. 90-6818. No. 90-6850. No. 90-6855.

Sup. Ct. Ill.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Mo.;

C. A. 9th Cir.; and

Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 90-6086, 791 S. W. 2d 66; No. 90-6101, 235 Neb. 230, 455 N. W. 2d 117; No. 90-6291, 906 F. 2d 1230; No. 90-6325, 524 Pa. 135, 569 A. 2d 929; No. 90-6541, 137 Ill. 2d 65, 560 N. E. 2d 258; No. 90-6816, 564 So. 2d 1066; No. 90-6818, 796 S. W. 2d 607; No. 90-6855, 795 S. W. 2d 743.

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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