Supreme Court of the United States, 1985

Finney v. Wainwright

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided March 25, 1985 · Brennan, Marshall

470 U.S. 1088; 105 S. Ct. 1854; 53 U.S.L.W. 3687; 85 L. Ed. 2d 151; 1985 U.S. LEXIS 1623 (United States Reports)

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

C. A. 4th Cir.; and

Sup. Ct. La. Certio-rari denied.

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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