Supreme Court of the United States, 1980

Finney v. Balkcom

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided October 14, 1980 · Brennan, Marshall

449 U.S. 913; 66 L. Ed. 2d 141; 101 S. Ct. 287; 49 U.S.L.W. 3270; 1980 U.S. LEXIS 3557 (United States Reports)

Opinion of the Court

Super. Ct. Ga., Tattnall County;

Sup. Ct. Ariz.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 80-5252, 120 Ariz. 301, 585 P. 2d 1213; No. 80-5268, 382 So. 2d 1205.

Dissenting Opinion

Justice Brennan and 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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