Supreme Court of the United States, 1983

Buford v. Wainwright

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided October 31, 1983 · Brennan, Marshall

464 U.S. 956; 104 S. Ct. 372; 78 L. Ed. 2d 331; 52 U.S.L.W. 3343; 1983 U.S. LEXIS 2219 (United States Reports)

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.

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

Sup. Ct. Ga. Cer-tiorari denied. Reported below: No. 83-5329, 428 So. 2d 1389.

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