Evans v. Thigpen

Evans v. Thigpen, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections

Evans v. Thigpen, 483 U.S. 1033 (1987)

Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Decided: June 26, 1987
Docket: No. 86-6985 (A-942)
Judges: Brennan, Marshall
Citations: 483 U.S. 1033107 S. Ct. 3278

Cited by 20 2 descriptions by later courts

Opinion of the Court

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C. A. 5th Cir. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice White, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Certiorari denied.

Dissent — Brennanmarshall

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Justice Brennan and Justice Marshall,

dissenting.

Adhering to our views that the death penalty is in all circumstances cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth *1034 and Fourteenth Amendments, Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U. S. 153, 227, 231 (1976), we would grant the application for stay of execution and the petition for writ of certiorari and would vacate the death sentence in this case.

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(photograph of robbery victims covered in blood, semi-conscious, with clothes shredded by assault)

Futch v. Dugger, 874 F.2d 1483 (11th Cir. 1989)
(biblical evidence irrelevant at sentencing phase)

Jones v. Kemp, 706 F. Supp. 1534 (N.D. Ga. 1989)

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Pinkney v. State538 So. 2d 329 (Miss. 1988)
Woodward v. State533 So. 2d 418 (Miss. 1988)
People v. Davis794 P.2d 159 (Colo. 1990)
Willie Albert Smith v. Lee Roy Black, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections904 F.2d 950 (5th Cir. 1990)
Woods v. Johnson75 F.3d 1017 (5th Cir. 1996)
State v. Stanley809 P.2d 944 (Ariz. 1991)

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Greene v. State469 S.E.2d 129 (Ga. 1996)
Woods v. Johnson75 F.3d 1017 (5th Cir. 1996)
James Terrell Smith v. James A. Collins, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division964 F.2d 483 (5th Cir. 1992)
Smith v. CollinsNo. 19-60313 (5th Cir. June 26, 1992)
Sonia Jacobs v. Harry K. Singletary, Marta Villacorta and Jim Smith952 F.2d 1282 (11th Cir. 1992)

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Depth	Case	Cited by
	Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U.S. 153 (1976)	6,081

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