Civil Procedure · MBE-tested
Knapp v. Arizona
435 U.S. 908·Supreme Court of the United States·1978
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Opinion
No. 77-5653.
Knapp v. Arizona.
[MAJORITY]
Sup. Ct. Ariz. Certiorari denied.
[CONCURRENCE — Mr. Justice Blackmun]
Mr. Justice Blackmun
concurs in the denial of certiorari in this case on the usual understanding that it is without prejudice to petitioner’s seeking relief by habeas corpus.
[DISSENT — Mr. Justice Brennan and Mr. Justice . Marshall,]
Mr. Justice Brennan and Mr. 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 sentence in this case.