Downs v. Florida

Nov 3, 1980
No. 80-5103; No. 80-5317; No. 80-5359
Versions:449 U.S. 976
101 S. Ct. 387
66 L. Ed. 2d 238
49 U.S.L.W. 3333
1980 U.S. LEXIS 3858

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.; and

Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 80-5359, 597 S. W. 2d 358.





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.