Bush v. Florida

Feb 24, 1986
No. 84-6108; No. 84-6971; No. 85-5702; No. 85-5741; No. 85-5784; No. 85-5933; No. 85-5935; No. 85-5987; No. 85-6009; No. 85-6072; No. 85-6089; No. 85-6098; No. 85-6102; No. 85-6103; No. 85-6123; No. 85-6146
Reporters:
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Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Nev.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Nev.;

Sup. Ct. S. C.;

Sup. ‍​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‍Ct. Ala.;

Sup. Ct. Ala.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Ind.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 84-6108, 461 So. 2d 936; No. 84-6971, 254 Ga. 228, 327 S. E. 2d ‍​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‍185; No. 85-5702, 692 S. W. 2d 65; No. 85-5741, 101 Nev. 439, 705 P. 2d 632; No. 85-5784, 693 S. W. 2d 420; No. 85-5933, 101 Nev. 562, 707 P. 2d 1121; No. 85-5935, 286 S. C. 406, 334 S. E. 2d 277; No. ‍​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‍85-5987, *1032476 So. 2d 626; No. 85-6009, 229 Va. 501, 331 S. E. 2d 407; No. 85-6072, 475 So. 2d 1205; No. 85-6089, 701 S. W. 2d 843; No. 85-6098, 698 S. W. 2d 63; No. 85-6102, 767 F. 2d 738; No. 85-6103, 481 N. E. ‍​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‍2d 78; No. 85-6123, 476 So. 2d 172; No. 85-6146, 772 F. 2d 683.





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 eases.