Supreme Court of the United States, 1983

Fitzgerald v. Virginia

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided February 22, 1983 · Brennan, Marshall

459 U.S. 1228; 51 U.S.L.W. 3613; 103 S. Ct. 1237; 75 L. Ed. 2d 469; 1983 U.S. LEXIS 3634 (United States Reports)

Cases that cite this one

55 later published cases cite this decision. The 25 that cite it most often are listed here.

Willie Lloyd Turner v. David A. Williams, Warden, Powhatan Correctional Center (4th Cir. 1994)
Cook v. State (Wyo. 1992)
Stevens v. State (Fla. 1989)
Commonwealth v. Thomas (Pa. 1985)
State v. Tison (Ariz. 1984)
State v. Tison (Ariz. 1984)
Routly v. State (Fla. 1983)
Correll v. Secretary, Department of Corrections (United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida 2013)
Andrews v. Com. (Va. 2010)
State v. Scott (Kan. 2008)
Murray v. State (Fla. 2002)
Hite v. State (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998)
State v. Dragoman (Idaho Ct. App. 1997)
Joseph John Savino v. Edward W. Murray, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections (4th Cir. 1996)
Barnabei v. Com. (Va. 1996)
Henyard v. State (Fla. 1996)
Foster v. State (Fla. 1995)
Todd v. State (Alaska Ct. App. 1995)
State v. Krueger (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)
Dan Edward Routly, Cross-Appellee v. Harry K. Singletary, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections (11th Cir. 1994)
Morrissey v. Virginia State Bar (Va. 1994)
Russell v. State (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)
Arbelaez v. State (Fla. 1993)
Stevens v. State (Fla. 1992)
Robinson v. State (Fla. 1992)

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Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Va.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 82-5853, 223 Va. 615, 292 S. E. 2d 798; No. 82-5877, 249 Ga. 812, 295 S. E. 2d 63; No. 82-5879, 419 So. 2d 1067; No. 82-5902, 419 So. 2d 1058; No. 82-5909, 422 So. 2d 843.

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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