Adams v. Florida

Oct 30, 1978
No. 78-5321; No. 78-5335
Reporters:
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari ‍​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‍denied. Reported below: No. 78-5321, 355 So. 2d 1205; No. 78-5335, 241 Ga. 376, 247 S. E. ‍​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‍2d 45.





Dissenting Opinion

Mr. Justice Brennan and Mr. 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.