Downs v. Florida

Supreme Court of the United States
Downs v. Florida, 449 U.S. 976 (1980)
66 L. Ed. 2d 238; 101 S. Ct. 387; 49 U.S.L.W. 3333; 1980 U.S. LEXIS 3858

Downs v. Florida

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.; and

Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 80-5359, 597 S. W. 2d 358.

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.

Reference

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