Dugger v. Harris

Supreme Court of the United States
Dugger v. Harris, 493 U.S. 1011 (1989)
110 S. Ct. 573

Dugger v. Harris

Opinion of the Court

C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.

Concurring Opinion

Justice Brennan,

concurring.

I agree that respondent’s lawyers rendered ineffective assistance of counsel in violation of the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments. Adhering to my view that the death penalty is in all circumstances cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, see Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U. S. 153, 227 (1976) (dissenting opinion), I would hold that the State is precluded on remand from imposing a sentence of death.

Reference

Full Case Name
Dugger, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections v. Harris
Status
Published