Supreme Court of the United States, 1986

Garcia v. Florida

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided December 15, 1986 · Brennan, Marshall

479 U.S. 1022; 107 S. Ct. 680; 93 L. Ed. 2d 730; 55 U.S.L.W. 3425; 1986 U.S. LEXIS 5330 (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 sentence in this case.

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied.

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