Supreme Court of the United States, 1979

Jackson v. Florida

Jackson v. Florida
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided January 8, 1979 · Brennan, Marshall
439 U.S. 1102 (United States Reports)

Jackson v. Florida

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

Sup. Ct. Ga. Cer-tiorari denied. Reported below: No. 78-5533, 359 So. 2d 1190; No. 78-5763, 242 Ga. 151, 249 S. E. 2d 524.

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 *1103Eighth 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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