Supreme Court of the United States, 1982

Sireci v. Florida

Sireci v. Florida
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided May 17, 1982 · Brennan, Marshall
456 U.S. 984; 102 S. Ct. 2258; 72 L. Ed. 2d 864 (United States Reports)

Sireci v. Florida

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. S. C.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County;

Sup. Ct. Ariz.;

Sup. Ct. Neb.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 81-5379, 399 So. 2d 964; No. 81-5562, 247 Ga. 814, 279 S. E. 2d 650; No. 81-5784, 403 So. 2d 418; No. 81-5848, 277 S. C. 53, 283 S. E. 2d 179; No. 81-5944, 403 So. 2d 341; No. 81-6385,131 Ariz. 195, 639 P. 2d 1020; No. 81-6435, 210 Neb. 457, 316 N. W. 2d 33; No. 81-6437, 407 So. 2d 894.

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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