Jackson v. FloridaJackson v. Florida
- Reporters:
- Before:
- Brennan
Dissenting Opinion
dissenting.
Adhering to our views that the death penalty is in all circumstances cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the *1103Eighth 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.
Lead Opinion
Sup. Ct. Fla.; and
Sup. Ct. Ga. Cer-tiorari denied. Reported below: No. 78-5533, 359 So. 2d 1190; No. 78-5763, 242 Ga. 151, 249 S. E. 2d 524.