Supreme Court of the United States, 1982

Arango v. Florida

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided June 21, 1982 · Brennan, Marshall

457 U.S. 1140; 73 L. Ed. 2d 1360; 102 S. Ct. 2973; 50 U.S.L.W. 3998; 1982 U.S. LEXIS 2756 (United States Reports)

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 81-6570, 411 So. 2d 172; No. 81-6598, 249 Ga. 80, 287 S. E. 2d 531.

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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