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Clark v. FloridaClark v. Florida

Supreme Court of the United States
Feb 23, 1981
No. 79-6309; No. 80-5856; No. 80-5986
Reporters:
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.; and

Sup. Ct. ‍​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‍Ga. Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 79-6309, 379 So. 2d 97; No. 80-5856, 246 Ga. 259, 272 S. E. ‍​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‍2d 61; No. 80-5986, 246 Ga. 598, 272 S. E. 2d 475.






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.

Case Details

Case Name: Clark v. Florida
Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
Date Published: Feb 23, 1981
Citations: 450 U.S. 936; No. 79-6309; No. 80-5856; No. 80-5986
Docket Number: No. 79-6309; No. 80-5856; No. 80-5986
Court Abbreviation: U.S.
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