Case Name: Stafford v. Oklahoma
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1984-05-29
Citations: 467 U.S. 1212
Docket Number: No. 83-5636
Parties: Stafford v. Oklahoma.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 467
Pages: 1212–1212

Head Matter:
No. 83-5636.
Stafford v. Oklahoma.

Opinion:
Ct. Crim. App. Okla. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and certiorari granted. Judgment vacated and case remanded for further consideration in light of Strickland v. Washington, 466 U. S. 668 (1984).
Justice Brennan and Justice Marshall:
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 sentence in this case.