Supreme Court of the United States, 1983

Fitzgerald v. Virginia

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)

Fitzgerald v. Virginia

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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