Supreme Court of the United States, 1978

Meeks v. Florida

Meeks v. Florida
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided November 27, 1978 · Brennan, Marshall
439 U.S. 991 (United States Reports)

Meeks v. Florida

Opinion of the Court

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Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 76-6882, 339 So. 2d 186; No. 78-5225, 567 S. W. 2d 197; No. 78-5490, 241 Ga. 496, 246 S. E. 2d 642; No. 78-5544, 241 Ga. 596, 247 S. E. 2d 92.

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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