444 U.S. 919 (1979), 79-5061, Mason v. Virginia

• Citation: 444 U.S. 919, 100 S.Ct. 239, 62 L.Ed.2d 176
• Party Name: Morris Odell MASON, petitioner, v. VIRGINIA
• Case Date: October 15, 1979
• Court: U.S. Supreme Court

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444 U.S. 919 (1979)

100 S.Ct. 239, 62 L.Ed.2d 176

Morris Odell MASON, petitioner,

v.

VIRGINIA

No. 79-5061

United States Supreme Court.

October 15, 1979

OPINION

Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Virginia.

Denied.

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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, 96 S.Ct. 2909, 49 L.Ed.2d 859 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in this case.