Supreme Court of the United States, 1981

Booker v. Florida

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided October 19, 1981 · Brennan, Marshall

454 U.S. 957; 102 S. Ct. 493; 70 L. Ed. 2d 261; 50 U.S.L.W. 3301; 1981 U.S. LEXIS 4169 (United States Reports)

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

Sup. Ct. N. C. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 81-5086, 397 So. 2d 910; No. 81-5329, 399 So. 2d 356.

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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