Opinion

Coleman v. Oklahoma Pardon & Parole Board

497 U.S. 1053

Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Filed: Sep 9, 1990
Status: Published
Author: Marshall
On the bench: Application, Consideration, Marshall, Took
Cited by: 0 cases
Authority: More cited than 20.6%

The opinion

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 the application for stay of execution in order to give the applicant time to file a petition for writ of certio-rari and would grant the petition and vacate the death sentence in this case.

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