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Herring v. FloridaHerring v. Florida

Supreme Court of the United States
Nov 5, 1984
No. 83-6921; No. 83-6991; No. 84-5451
Reporters:
, , , ,
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

C. A. 5th Cir.; and

Sup. ‍​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‍Ct. Fla. Certiorari Denied. Reported Below: No. 83-6921, 446 So. 2d 1049; No. 84-5451, 453 So. ‍​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‍2d 17.






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: Herring v. Florida
Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
Date Published: Nov 5, 1984
Citations: 469 U.S. 989; 105 S. Ct. 396; 83 L. Ed. 2d 330; 53 U.S.L.W. 3342; 1984 U.S. LEXIS 4319; No. 83-6921; No. 83-6991; No. 84-5451
Docket Number: No. 83-6921; No. 83-6991; No. 84-5451
Court Abbreviation: U.S.
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