Supreme Court of the United States, 1982

Elledge v. Florida

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided November 1, 1982 · Brennan, Marshall

459 U.S. 981; 103 S. Ct. 317; 51 U.S.L.W. 3340; 74 L. Ed. 2d 294; 1982 U.S. LEXIS 4196 (United States Reports)

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 81-6813, 408 So. 2d 1021; No. 82-5317, 249 Ga. 442, 291 S. E. 2d 685; No. 82-5348, 413 So. 2d 1173.

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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