Supreme Court of the United States, 1981

Demps v. Florida

Demps v. Florida
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided October 13, 1981 · Brennan, Marshall
454 U.S. 933; 102 S. Ct. 431; 70 L. Ed. 2d 239; 50 U.S.L.W. 3279; 1981 U.S. LEXIS 4059 (United States Reports)

Demps v. Florida

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

Sup. Ct. Ark.; and

Sup. Ct. N. C. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 81-5038, 395 So. 2d 501; No. 81-5169, 396 So. 2d 1113; No. 81-5192, 615 S. W. 2d 126; No. 81-5271, 272 Ark. 340, 617 S. W. 2d 1; No. 81-5336, 303 N. C. 246, 278 S. E. 2d 214.

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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