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1980 U.S. LEXIS 3557
U.S.
1980

Lead Opinion

Super. Ct. Ga., Tattnall County;

Sup. Ct. Ariz.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 80-5252, 120 Ariz. 301, 585 P. 2d 1213; No. 80-5268, 382 So. 2d 1205.






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: Finney v. Balkcom
Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
Date Published: Oct 14, 1980
Citations: 1980 U.S. LEXIS 3557; 101 S. Ct. 287; 66 L. Ed. 2d 141; 49 U.S.L.W. 3270; 449 U.S. 913; No. 80-5235; No. 80-5252; No. 80-5268
Docket Number: No. 80-5235; No. 80-5252; No. 80-5268
Court Abbreviation: U.S.
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