LAW.coLAW.co

Booker v. Mississippi; Harrison v. Georgia; Cohen v. Georgia; Clark v. Dugger, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al.

Supreme Court of the United States1988-03-28No. No. 87-6113; No. 87-6286; No. 87-6340; No. 87-6360
485 U.S. 982

Authorities cited

No cited authorities resolved to law.co cases yet.

Opinion

dissent opinion

Justice Brennan and Justice Marshall,

dissenting.

Adhering to our views 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, 227, 231 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.

majority opinion

Sup. Ct. Miss.; Sup. Ct. Ga.; Sup. Ct. Ga.; and C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.