Clark v. Florida

May 21, 1984
No. 83-6421; No. 83-6453; No. 83-6490; No. 83-6610; No. 83-6625
Reporters:
,
Before:
Brennan

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.