Victor v. Nebraska

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided February 25, 1991

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1991-02-25

Relies on Gregg v. Georgia · State v. Landrum · 137 Ill. 2d 500 - People v. Thomas

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Decided 1991-02-25

How this case has been cited

Cited by 72 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2011 · most notably Victor v. Nebraska (1994), Combs v. Coyle (2000)

12 federal appellate · 2 district · 43 state decisions — followed in 11 states

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¶1Sup. Ct. Neb.;

¶2Sup. Ct. Ariz.;

¶3Sup. Ct. Ala.;

¶4Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

¶5Sup. Ct. Ill.;

¶6Sup. Ct. Ohio; and

¶7C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 90-6259, 235 Neb. 770, 457 N. W. 2d 431; No. 90-6578, 165 Ariz. 51, 796 P. 2d 853; No. 90-6639, 554 So. 2d 1111; No. 90-6682, 137 Ill. 2d 500, 561 N. E. 2d 57; No. 90-6711, 53 Ohio St. 3d 107, 559 N. E. 2d 710; No. 90-6739, 912 F. 2d 924.

Justice Marshall,

¶8dissenting.

¶9Adhering to my view 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, 231 (1976), I would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.