Supreme Court of the United States, 1981

Tucker v. Zant

Tucker v. Zant
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided November 2, 1981 · Brennan, Marshall
454 U.S. 1022; 102 S. Ct. 556 (United States Reports)

Tucker v. Zant

Opinion of the Court

Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 81-5338, 397 So. 2d 903.

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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