Case: Cooey v. Ohio; Lee v. Louisiana; Beasley v. Pennsylvania; Jones v. Delo, Superintendent, Potosi Correctional Center; High v. Zant, Warden; Stankewitz v. California; Madden v. Texas
Abbreviation: Cooey v. Ohio
Decision Date: 1991-04-01
Docket Number: No. 89-6482; No. 90-5414; No. 90-6444; No. 90-6913; No. 90-7016; No. 90-7134; No. 90-7199
Citation: 499 U.S. 954
Volume: 499
Reporter: United States Reports
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: Cooey v. Ohio.
Judges: 
Pages: 954–954

Head Matter:
No. 89-6482.
No. 90-5414.
No. 90-6444.
No. 90-6913.
No. 90-7016.
No. 90-7134.
No. 90-7199.
Cooey v. Ohio.
Lee v. Louisiana. Beasley v. Pennsylvania. Jones v. Delo, Superintendent, Potosi Correctional Center. High v. Zant, Warden. Stankewitz v. California. Madden v. Texas.

Opinion:
Sup. Ct. Ohio;
Sup. Ct. La.;
Super. Ct. Pa.;
C. A. 8th Cir.;
C. A. 11th Cir.;
Sup. Ct. Cal.; and
Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 89-6482, 46 Ohio St. 3d 20, 544 N. E. 2d 895; No. 90-5414, 559 So. 2d 1310; No. 90-6444, 395 Pa. Super. 649, 570 A. 2d 585; No. 90-6913, 923 F. 2d 860; No. 90-7016, 916 F. 2d 1507; No. 90-7134, 51 Cal. 3d 72, 793 P. 2d 23; No. 90-7199, 799 S. W. 2d 683.
Justice Marshall,
dissenting.
Adhering 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.