Adams v. Florida

Supreme Court of the United States
Adams v. Florida, 439 U.S. 947 (1978)

Adams v. Florida

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 78-5321, 355 So. 2d 1205; No. 78-5335, 241 Ga. 376, 247 S. E. 2d 45.

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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