Demps v. Florida

Oct 13, 1981
No. 81-5038; No. 81-5169; No. 81-5192; No. 81-5271; No. 81-5336
Versions:454 U.S. 933
102 S. Ct. 431
70 L. Ed. 2d 239
50 U.S.L.W. 3279
1981 U.S. LEXIS 4059

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

Sup. Ct. Ark.; and

Sup. Ct. N. C. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 81-5038, 395 So. 2d 501; No. 81-5169, 396 So. 2d 1113; No. 81-5192, 615 S. W. 2d 126; No. 81-5271, 272 Ark. 340, 617 S. W. 2d 1; No. 81-5336, 303 N. C. 246, 278 S. E. 2d 214.





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.