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Harris v. FloridaHarris v. Florida

Supreme Court of the United States
Apr 30, 1984
No. 83-6230; No. 83-6390; No. 83-6397; No. 83-6456
Reporters:
,
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Ct. Common Pleas, ‍‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‍Charleston County, S. C.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 83-6230, 438 So. 2d 787; ‍‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‍No. 83-6390, 442 So. 2d 193; No. 83-6456, 442 So. 2d 185.






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: Harris v. Florida
Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
Date Published: Apr 30, 1984
Citations: 466 U.S. 963; 104 S. Ct. 2181; No. 83-6230; No. 83-6390; No. 83-6397; No. 83-6456
Docket Number: No. 83-6230; No. 83-6390; No. 83-6397; No. 83-6456
Court Abbreviation: U.S.
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