VICTOR
v.
NEBRASKA; WASHINGTON V. ARIZONA; DAVIS V. ALABAMA; CALDWELL V. TENNESSEE; THOMAS V. ILLINOIS; LANDRUM V. OHIO; WILLIAMS V. ARMONTROUT, WARDEN

U.S. | 1991-02-25
Nos. 90-6259; No. 90-6578; No. 90-6639; No. 90-6640; No. 90-6682; No. 90-6711; No. 90-6739
498 U.S. 1127 Supreme Court of the United States (1991) Caution
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Dissent
Justice Marshall,

[*1128] 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.

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    …ruel, §29-2523(l)(d). Finding none of the statutory mitigating circumstances, the panel sentenced Victor to death. The Nebraska Supreme Court affirmed the conviction and sentence. State v. Victor, 235 Neb. 770, 457 N. W. 2d 431 (1990), cert. denied, 498 U. S. 1127 (1991). At Victor’s trial, the judge instructed the jury that “[t]he burden is always on the State to prove beyond a reasonable doubt all of the material elements of the crime charged, and this burden never shifts.” App. in No. 92-8894, p. 8 (Victo…
  • Davis v. Jones, 506 F.3d 1325 (11th Cir. 2007)
    …1111 (Ala.1989). The Supreme Court of Alabama thereafter overruled Davis’s application for rehearing. Davis v. State, 569 So. 2d 738 (Ala.1990). The United States Supreme Court denied Davis’s petition for a writ of certiorari. Davis v. Alabama, 498 U.S. 1127, 111 S.Ct. 1091, 112 L.Ed.2d 1196 (1991). C. Rule 32 Petition In February 1992, Davis, through counsel, filed a petition for relief from his murder conviction and death sentence pursuant to Alabama Rule of Criminal Procedure 32. In his Rule 32 pet…

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