Fitzgerald v. Virginia

Feb 22, 1983
No. 82-5853; No. 82-5877; No. 82-5879; No. 82-5902; No. 82-5909
Reporters:
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Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Va.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.; ‍​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‍and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 82-5853, 223 Va. 615, 292 S. E. 2d 798; No. 82-5877, 249 Ga. ‍​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‍812, 295 S. E. 2d 63; No. 82-5879, 419 So. 2d 1067; No. 82-5902, 419 So. 2d 1058; No. 82-5909, 422 So. 2d ‍​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‍843.





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.