Supreme Court of the United States, 1980

Scott v. Florida

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided November 17, 1980 · Brennan, Marshall

449 U.S. 1003; 49 U.S.L.W. 3372; 66 L. Ed. 2d 300; 101 S. Ct. 543; 1980 U.S. LEXIS 4049 (United States Reports)

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Miss.; and

Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 80-5335, 381 So. 2d 983; No. 80-5495, 598 S. W. 2d 238.

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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