Supreme Court of the United States, 1980

Ford v. Florida

Ford v. Florida
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided April 14, 1980 · Brennan, Marshall
445 U.S. 972; 100 S. Ct. 1666; 64 L. Ed. 2d 249; 1980 U.S. LEXIS 1517 (United States Reports)

Ford v. Florida

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Va.; and

Sup. Ct. Ga. Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 79-6111, 374 So. 2d 496; No. 79-6116, 374 So. 2d 508; No. 79-6168, 220 Va. 260, 257 S. E. 2d 808; No. 79-6187, 244 Ga. 721, 261 S. E. 2d 635.

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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