Court Opinion

ID: 9428769
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-02 23:24:43.881454+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:23:15.179058
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Justice Brennan and Justice Marshall,
concurring in part and dissenting in part.
We join the opinion of the Court to the extent that it reverses the judgment of the Court of Appeals invalidating respondent’s conviction. But we adhere to our view that the death penalty is in all circumstances cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. See Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U. S. 153, 227 (1976) (Brennan, J., dissenting); Furman v. Georgia, 408 U. S. 238, 314 (1972) (Marshall, J., concurring). Consequently, we would affirm the judgment of the Court of Appeals to the extent that it invalidates the sentence of death imposed upon respondent.