Supreme Court of the United States, 1994

Matthews v. South Carolina

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided May 31, 1994 · Blackmun

511 U.S. 1138; 114 S. Ct. 2155 (United States Reports)

Opinion of the Court

Ct. Common Pleas of Charleston County, S. C. Certiorari denied.

Dissenting Opinion

Justice Blackmun,

dissenting.

Adhering to my view that the death penalty cannot be imposed fairly within the constraints of our Constitution, see my dissent in Callins v. Collins, 510 U. S. 1141, 1143 (1994), I would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentence in this case.

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