Wiley v. Mississippi

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 31, 1988

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1988-05-31

Relies on Gregg v. Georgia · 517 So. 2d 1373 - Wiley v. State · 519 So. 2d 586 - Ex Parte Musgrove.

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Decided 1988-05-31

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Cited by 104 later decisions — most recently August 2013 · most notably 687 So. 2d 1124 - Foster v. State (1996), Federal Deposit Insurance v. Oldenburg (1994)

21 federal appellate · 6 district · 68 state decisions

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¶1Sup. Ct. Miss.;

¶2Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

¶3Ct. Crim. App. Ala.;

¶4Sup. Ct. Ala.; and

¶5Sup. Ct. Nev. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 87-1520, 517 So. 2d 1373; No. 87-6686, 518 So. 2d 840; No. 87-6744, 519 So. 2d 586; No. 87-6758, 103 Nev. 563, 747 P. 2d 225.

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.