Cape v. Francis

Oct 15, 1985
No. 84-6962; No. 84-6975; No. 85-5171
Versions:1985 U.S. LEXIS 4056
88 L. Ed. 2d 245
474 U.S. 911
106 S. Ct. 281

Lead Opinion

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.; and

Sup. Ct. La. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 84-6962, 741 F. 2d 1287; No. 84-6975, 254 Ga. 206, 327 S. E. 2d 168; No. 85-5171, 467 So. 2d 503.





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.