Knapp v. Cardwell

Supreme Court of the United States
Knapp v. Cardwell, 459 U.S. 1055 (1982)
51 U.S.L.W. 3420; 103 S. Ct. 473; 74 L. Ed. 2d 621; 1982 U.S. LEXIS 4581

Knapp v. Cardwell

Opinion of the Court

C. A. 9th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 82-530, 667 F. 2d 1253; No. 82-5319, 635 S. W. 2d 498; No. 82-5519, 415 So. 2d 6; No. 82-5534, 415 So. 2d 719.

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.

Reference

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Knapp v. Cardwell Simon v. Tennessee Morgan v. Florida White v. Florida
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