Booker v. Florida

Oct 19, 1981
No. 81-5086; No. 81-5329; No. 81-5372
Versions:454 U.S. 957
50 U.S.L.W. 3301
1981 U.S. LEXIS 4169
70 L. Ed. 2d 261
102 S. Ct. 493

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

Sup. Ct. N. C. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 81-5086, 397 So. 2d 910; No. 81-5329, 399 So. 2d 356.





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.