Bowen v. Oklahoma

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided July 1, 1985

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1985-07-01

Relies on Gregg v. Georgia · Ingram v. State · 462 So. 2d 1075 - Mills v. State

Decided 1985-07-01

¶1Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

¶2Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

¶3Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

¶4Sup. Ct. Ga.; and

¶5Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 84-1741, 715 P. 2d 1093; No. 84-6700, 697 P. 2d 165; No. 84-6714, 695 P. 2d 548; No. 84-6728, 253 Ga. 622, 323 S. E. 2d 801; No. 84-6808, 462 So. 2d 1075.

Justice Brennan and Justice Marshall,

¶6dissenting.

¶7Adhering 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.