Downs v. Florida, 449 U.S. 976

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.

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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: Downs v. Florida

Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States

Date Published: Nov 3, 1980

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

Docket Number: No. 80-5103; No. 80-5317; No. 80-5359

Court Abbreviation: U.S.