Supreme Court of the United States, 1984

Herring v. Florida

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided November 5, 1984 · Brennan, Marshall

469 U.S. 989; 105 S. Ct. 396; 53 U.S.L.W. 3342; 83 L. Ed. 2d 330; 1984 U.S. LEXIS 4319 (United States Reports)

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

C. A. 5th Cir.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari Denied. Reported Below: No. 83-6921, 446 So. 2d 1049; No. 84-5451, 453 So. 2d 17.

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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