Finney v. Balkcom

Oct 14, 1980
No. 80-5235; No. 80-5252; No. 80-5268
Versions:449 U.S. 913
101 S. Ct. 287
66 L. Ed. 2d 141
49 U.S.L.W. 3270
1980 U.S. LEXIS 3557

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.