Supreme Court of the United States, 1977

Darden v. Florida

Darden v. Florida
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided April 19, 1977 · Brennan, Marshall
430 U.S. 704; 97 S. Ct. 1671; 51 L. Ed. 2d 751; 1977 U.S. LEXIS 2187 (United States Reports)

Darden v. Florida

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

The writ of certiorari is dismissed as improvidently granted.

Dissenting Opinion

Mr. Justice Brennan, with whom Mr. Justice Marshall

joins, dissents and, adhering to his view that capital punishment is in all circumstances prohibited as cruel and unusual punishment by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, would set aside the death sentence imposed in this case.

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