Massie v. Sumner, 449 U.S. 1103
449 U.S. 1103
US-DOC-7244085
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449 U.S. 1103
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Massie v. Sumner, Warden. Williams v. Louisiana. Shriner v. Florida. Peek v. Zant, Warden. Collins v. Georgia. Hamilton v. Georgia. Clark v. Louisiana. Baldwin v. Louisiana. Wilson v. Georgia.
Country
United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Disposition
Certiorari Denied
Dissent
Brennan (Justice) with Marshall (Justice)
No. 80-5520.
No. 80-5565.
No. 80-5605.
No. 80-5644.
No. 80-5672.
No. 80-5674.
No. 80-5715.
No. 80-5751.
No. 80-5778.
C. A. 9th Cir.;
Sup. Ct. La.;
Sup. Ct. Fla.;
Sup. Ct. Ga.;
Sup. Ct. Ga.;
Sup. Ct. Ga.;
Sup. Ct. La.;
Sup. Ct. La.; and
Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied. No. 80-5565 Reported below: No. 80-5520, 624 F. 2d 72; 383 So. 2d 369; No. 80-5605, 386 So. 2d 525; No. 80-5672, 246 Ga. 261, 271 S. E. 2d 352; No. 80-5674, 246 Ga. 264, 271 S. E. 2d 173; No. 80-5715, 387 So. 2d 1124 and 389 So. 2d 1335; No. 80-5751, 388 So. 2d 664; No. 80-5778, 246 Ga. 62, 268 S. E. 2d 895.
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.