Supreme Court of the United States, 1977

Funchess v. Florida

Funchess v. Florida
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided October 3, 1977 · Brennan, Marshall
434 U.S. 878 (United States Reports)

Funchess v. Florida

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

C. A. 5th Cir.;

Sup, Ct. Ark.;

Sup, Ct. Neb.;

Sup. Ct. Ark.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 76-6717, 341 So. 2d 762; No. 76-6756, 546 F. 2d 1191; No. 76-6823, 261 Ark. 336, 548 S. W. 2d 135; No. 76-6933, 197 Neb. 549, 250 N. W. 2d 881; No. 77-5021, 261 Ark. 195, 548 S. W. 2d 106; No, 77-5083, 341 So. 2d 765; No, 77-5099, 238 Ga. 655, 235 S. E. 2d 375; No. 77-5155, 239 Ga. 67, 235 S. E. 2d 519; No. 77-5288, 348 So. 2d 312.

Dissenting Opinion

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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