Supreme Court of the United States, 1987

Lusk v. Florida

Lusk v. Florida
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided April 20, 1987 · Brennan, Marshall
481 U.S. 1024 (United States Reports)

Lusk v. Florida

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

Ct. App. Mo., Eastern Dist. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 86-6377, 498 So. 2d 902; No. 86-6384, 256 Ga. 521, 350 S. E. 2d 446; No. 86-6471, 497 So. 2d 1177; No. 86-6510, 721 S. W. 2d 31.

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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