Constitutional Law · MBE-tested
Smith v. Mississippi; Harris v. Pulley, Warden, California State Prison at San Quentin; Morris v. Tennessee
460 U.S. 1047·Supreme Court of the United States·1983
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Opinion
No. 82-5922.
No. 82-6019.
No. 82-6089.
Smith v. Mississippi. Harris v. Pulley, Warden, California State Prison at San Quentin. Morris v. Tennessee.
[MAJORITY]
Sup. Ct. Miss.; C. A. 9th Cir.; and Sup. Ct. Tenn. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 82-5922, 419 So. 2d 563; No. 82-6019, 692 F. 2d 1189; No. 82-6089, 641 S. W. 2d 883.
[DISSENT — Justice Brennan and Justice Marshall,]
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.