Clark v. Florida

Supreme Court of the United States

May 21, 1984

No. 83-6421; No. 83-6453; No. 83-6490; No. 83-6610; No. 83-6625

Versions:467 U.S. 1210

104 S. Ct. 2400

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

C. A. 4th Cir.; and

Sup. Ct. Mo. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 83-6421, 443 So. 2d 973; No. 83-6490, 665 S. W. 2d 87; No. 83-6610, 719 F. 2d 58; No. 83-6625, 661 S. W. 2d 526.

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.