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Craig v. FloridaCraig v. Florida

Supreme Court of the United States
Jan 11, 1988
No. 87-5762; No. 87-5768; No. 87-5790; No. 87-5792; No. 87-5818; No. 87-5846
Reporters:
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Ct. App. Mo., Eastern ‍‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​​​​‌‍Dist.;

Sup. Ct. Va.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Mo.; and

Sup. Ct. S. C.

Certiorari denied.






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: Craig v. Florida
Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
Date Published: Jan 11, 1988
Citations: 484 U.S. 1020; No. 87-5762; No. 87-5768; No. 87-5790; No. 87-5792; No. 87-5818; No. 87-5846
Docket Number: No. 87-5762; No. 87-5768; No. 87-5790; No. 87-5792; No. 87-5818; No. 87-5846
Court Abbreviation: U.S.
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