Hudson v. Florida

Oct 2, 1989
No. 88-7232
Reporters:
,
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied.

Justice ‍‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‍Blackmun would grant certiorari.



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 sentence in this case.