Supreme Court of the United States, 1983

Hill v. Florida

Hill v. Florida
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided February 28, 1983 · Brennan, Marshall
460 U.S. 1017; 103 S. Ct. 1262; 75 L. Ed. 2d 488; 51 U.S.L.W. 3634; 1983 U.S. LEXIS 3741 (United States Reports)

Hill v. Florida

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Fla.; Ct. Crira. App. Ala.; and Sup. Ct. Mo. Cer-tiorari denied. Reported below: No. 82-5977, 422 So. 2d 816; No. 82-5987, 419 So. 2d 289; No. 82-5989, 638 S. W. 2d 715.

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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