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Supreme Court of the United States, 1981

Brown v. Florida

Brown v. Florida
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided January 19, 1981 · Brennan, Marshall
449 U.S. 1118; 101 S. Ct. 931; 49 U.S.L.W. 3515; 66 L. Ed. 2d 847; 1981 U.S. LEXIS 586 (United States Reports)

Brown v. Florida

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied.

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 sentence in this case.

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