Coleman v. Montana

Coleman v. Montana Bowen v. Georgia

Coleman v. Montana, 446 U.S. 970 (1980)

Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Decided: May 27, 1980
Docket: Nos. 79-1553; No. 79-5975
Judges: Brennan, Marshall
Citations: 446 U.S. 970100 S. Ct. 295264 L. Ed. 2d 8311980 U.S. LEXIS 1874

Cited by 40 1 descriptions by later courts

Opinion of the Court

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Sup. Ct. Mont.; and

Sup. Ct. Ga. Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 79-1553, -Mont. -, 605 P. 2d 1000 ; No. 79-5975, 244 Ga. 495 , 260 S. E. 2d 855 .

Dissent — Brennanmarshall

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Mr. Justice Brennan and Mr. Justice Marshall,

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.

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(sentencing statutes enacted after offense could be applied to defendant without violating the ex post facto clause because they were ameliorative)

People v. Dist. Court, 834 P.2d 181 (Colo. 1992)

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Relies on it most ⓘ

Coleman v. State633 P.2d 624 (Mont. 1981)
Dewey E. Coleman v. Henry Risley, Warden, Montana State Prison, and Michael T. Greely, Attorney General for the State of Montana839 F.2d 434 (9th Cir. 1988)
Dewey E. Coleman v. Jack McCormick Warden, Montana State Prison, and Michael T. Greely, Attorney General for the State of Montana874 F.2d 1280 (9th Cir. 1989)
Fitzpatrick v. StateNo. 81-074 (Mont. Sept. 2, 1981)
State v. Rodriguez628 P.2d 280 (Mont. 1981)
State v. Keith754 P.2d 474 (Mont. 1988)

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State v. Mount2003 MT 275, 78 P.3d 829
State v. Longstreth1999 MT 204, 984 P.2d 157
State v. Lynch1998 MT 308, 969 P.2d 920
State v. Johnson1998 MT 289, 969 P.2d 925
State v. Sattler1998 MT 57, 956 P.2d 54
State v. Lee640 A.2d 553 (Conn. 1994)

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Depth	Case	Cited by
	Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U.S. 153 (1976)	6,081
	State v. Coleman, 605 P.2d 1000 (Mont. 1979)	82

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