Supreme Court of the United States, 1991

Riley v. Delaware

Riley v. Delaware
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided June 17, 1991 · Marshall
501 U.S. 1223 (United States Reports)

Riley v. Delaware

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Del.; and C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.

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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