Supreme Court of the United States, 1986

Bush v. Florida

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided February 24, 1986 · Brennan, Marshall

475 U.S. 1031; 89 L. Ed. 2d 345; 106 S. Ct. 1237; 54 U.S.L.W. 3563; 1986 U.S. LEXIS 515 (United States Reports)

Cases that cite this one

5 later published cases cite this decision.

John Earl Bush v. Harry K. Singletary, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections (11th Cir. 1993)
Mills v. Singletary (11th Cir. 1998)
Mills v. Singletary (11th Cir. 1998)
Callahan v. State (Ala. Crim. App. 1989)
Gore v. Dugger (United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida 1989)

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Opinion of the Court

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C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 84-6108, 461 So. 2d 936; No. 84-6971, 254 Ga. 228, 327 S. E. 2d 185; No. 85-5702, 692 S. W. 2d 65; No. 85-5741, 101 Nev. 439, 705 P. 2d 632; No. 85-5784, 693 S. W. 2d 420; No. 85-5933, 101 Nev. 562, 707 P. 2d 1121; No. 85-5935, 286 S. C. 406, 334 S. E. 2d 277; No. 85-5987, *1032476 So. 2d 626; No. 85-6009, 229 Va. 501, 331 S. E. 2d 407; No. 85-6072, 475 So. 2d 1205; No. 85-6089, 701 S. W. 2d 843; No. 85-6098, 698 S. W. 2d 63; No. 85-6102, 767 F. 2d 738; No. 85-6103, 481 N. E. 2d 78; No. 85-6123, 476 So. 2d 172; No. 85-6146, 772 F. 2d 683.

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 eases.

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