Supreme Court of the United States, 1984

King v. Florida

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided March 26, 1984 · Brennan, Marshall

466 U.S. 909; 80 L. Ed. 2d 163; 52 U.S.L.W. 3701; 104 S. Ct. 1690; 1984 U.S. LEXIS 1669 (United States Reports)

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 83-5940, 436 So. 2d 50; No. 83-6184, 437 So. 2d 133.

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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