Supreme Court of the United States, 1982

Buford v. Florida

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided January 11, 1982 · Brennan, Marshall

454 U.S. 1164; 102 S. Ct. 1039; 71 L. Ed. 2d 320; 50 U.S.L.W. 3549; 1982 U.S. LEXIS 524 (United States Reports)

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Fla. Cer-tiorari 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 *1165Eighth 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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