Finney v. Wainwright

Mar 25, 1985
No. 84-5870; No. 84-6139; No. 84-6153; No. 84-6255; No. 84-6275
Versions:470 U.S. 1088
105 S. Ct. 1854
85 L. Ed. 2d 151
53 U.S.L.W. 3687
1985 U.S. LEXIS 1623

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

C. A. 4th Cir.; and

Sup. Ct. La. Certio-rari denied.





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.