Finney v. Wainwright

Mar 25, 1985
No. 84-5870; No. 84-6139; No. 84-6153; No. 84-6255; No. 84-6275
Reporters:
, , , ,
Before:
Brennan

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.