Hyperlawhypertext legal databasebeta Martinez-Villareal v. Arizona 493 U.S. 874

← Cases

Martinez-Villareal v. Arizona

493 U.S. 874 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1989-10-02 Docket No. 88-2112; No. 88-7180; No. 88-7217; No. 88-7222; No. 88-7427; No. 88-7469; No. 88-7492; No. 88-7520; No. 88-7557; No. 88-7567; No. 88-7620; No. 89-5037; No. 89-5038; No. 89-5040; No. 89-5060; No. 89-5071; No. 89-5092; No. 89-5093; No. 89-5099; No. 89-5238; No. 89-5254; No. 89-5260; No. 89-5270; No. 89-5399 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

Contents

Majority

p. 874
No. 88-2112.
No. 88-7180.
No. 88-7217.
No. 88-7222.
No. 88-7427.
No. 88-7469.
No. 88-7492.
No. 88-7520.
No. 88-7557.
No. 88-7567.
No. 88-7620.
No. 89-5037.
No. 89-5038.
No. 89-5040.
No. 89-5060.
No. 89-5071.
No. 89-5092.
No. 89-5093.
No. 89-5099.
No. 89-5238.
No. 89-5254.
No. 89-5260.
No. 89-5270.
No. 89-5399.
Martinez-Villareal v. Arizona. Jarrells v. Georgia. Games v. Indiana. Tassin v. Louisiana. Baldwin v. Alabama. O’Neal v. Missouri. Kubat v. Greer, Warden, et al. Moran v. Whitley, Warden, et al. Singleton v. Lockhart, Commissioner, Arkansas Department of Correction. Jones v. Missouri. Padilla v. Nevada. Hill v. Alabama. Brownlee v. Alabama. Thompson v. Alabama. Coleman v. Oklahoma. Derrick v. Texas. Crank v. Texas. Cavanaugh v. Nevada. Kinsman v. Georgia. Driscoll v. Missouri. Singleton v. McKellar, Warden, et al. Teague v. Tennessee. Melson v. Tennessee. Kilgore v. Missouri.

Super. Ct. Ariz., County of Santa Cruz;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Ind.;

Sup. Ct. La.;

Ct. Crim. App. Ala.;

Sup. Ct. Mo.;

C. A. 7th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Nev.;

C. A. 8th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. New;

Sup. Ct. Ala.;

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

C. A. 4th Cir.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tenn.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.; and

Sup. Ct. Mo. Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 88-7180, 258 Ga. 833 , 375 S. E. 2d 842 ; No. 88-7217, 535 N. E. 2d 530 ; No. 88-7222, 536 So. 2d 402 ; No. 88-7427, 539 So. 2d 1103 ; No. 88-7469, 766 S. W. 2d 91 ; No. 88-7492, 867 F. 2d 351 ; No. 88-7520, 105 Nev. 1041 , 810 P. 2d 335 ; No. 88-7557, 871 F. 2d 1395 ; No. 88-7567, 767 S. W. 2d 41 ; No. 88-7620, 104 Nev. 867 ; No. 89-5037, 541 So. 2d 83 ; No. 89-5038, 545 So. 2d 166 ; No. 89-5040, 542 So. 2d 1300 ; No. 89-5071, 773 S. W. 2d 271 ; No. 89-5092, 761 S. W. 2d 328 ; No. 89-5093, 105 Nev. 1025 , 810 P. 2d 319 ; No. 89-5099, 259 Ga. 89 , 376 S.

Dissent — Brennan J.

p. 875
845 ; No. 89-5238, 767 S. W. 2d 5 ; No. 89-5254, 873 F. 2d 1440 ; No. 89-5260, 772 S. W. 2d 915 ; No. 89-5270, 772 S. W. 2d 417 ; No. 89-5399, 771 S. W. 2d 57 .

dissenting.

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 sentences in these cases.

Cases cited

Statutes and regulations cited