Case: Stafford v. Oklahoma
Abbreviation: Stafford v. Oklahoma
Decision Date: 1984-05-29
Docket Number: No. 83-6125
Citation: 467 U.S. 1212
Volume: 467
Reporter: United States Reports
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: Stafford v. Oklahoma.
Judges: 
Pages: 1212–1212

Head Matter:
No. 83-6125.
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.