Elledge v. Florida

Nov 1, 1982
No. 81-6813; No. 82-5317; No. 82-5348; No. 82-5373
Versions:459 U.S. 981
103 S. Ct. 317
74 L. Ed. 2d 294
51 U.S.L.W. 3340
1982 U.S. LEXIS 4196

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 81-6813, 408 So. 2d 1021; No. 82-5317, 249 Ga. 442, 291 S. E. 2d 685; No. 82-5348, 413 So. 2d 1173.





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.