Tomlin v. Alabama

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 23, 1984

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1984-04-23

Relies on Gregg v. Georgia · Putman v. State · Ex Parte Tomlin

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Decided 1984-04-23

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Cited by 128 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2010 · most notably Berry v. Loiseau (1992), State v. Oquendo (1992)

9 federal appellate · 2 district · 111 state decisions — followed in 10 states

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¶1Sup. Ct. Ala.;

¶2Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

¶3Sup. Ct. Ga.; and

¶4C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 83-1533, 443 So. 2d 59; No. 83-5995, 668 S. W. 2d 692; No. 83-6334, 251 Ga. 605, 308 S. E. 2d 145; No. 83-6350, 721 F. 2d 1493.

Justice Brennan and Justice Marshall,

¶5dissenting.

¶6Adhering 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.