Supreme Court of the United States, 1988

Torres-Arboledo v. Florida

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided October 11, 1988 · Brennan, Certiorari, Marshall

488 U.S. 901; 109 S. Ct. 250 (United States Reports)

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied.

Justice White would grant certiorari.

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.

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