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Hill v. FloridaHill v. Florida

Supreme Court of the United States
Nov 7, 1983
No. 83-5153; No. 83-5389; No. 83-5406; No. 83-5567
Reporters:
,
Before:
Brennan

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 *978and Fourteenth ‍‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌‍Amendments, Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U. S. 153, 227, 231 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in ‍‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌‍these cases.






Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Miss.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Va.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: ‍‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌‍No. 83-5153, 432 So. 2d 427; No. 83-5389, 251 Ga. 255, 304 S. E. 2d 882; No. 83-5406, 225 Va. 423, 304 ‍‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌‍S. E. 2d 271; No. 83-5567, 429 So. 2d 301.

Case Details

Case Name: Hill v. Florida
Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
Date Published: Nov 7, 1983
Citations: 464 U.S. 977; 104 S. Ct. 414; No. 83-5153; No. 83-5389; No. 83-5406; No. 83-5567
Docket Number: No. 83-5153; No. 83-5389; No. 83-5406; No. 83-5567
Court Abbreviation: U.S.
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