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439 U.S. 1102
U.S.
1979

Dissenting Opinion

Mr. Justice Brennan and Mr. Justice Marshall,

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.

Case Details

Case Name: Jackson v. Florida
Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
Date Published: Jan 8, 1979
Citations: 439 U.S. 1102; No. 78-5533; No. 78-5763
Docket Number: No. 78-5533; No. 78-5763
Court Abbreviation: U.S.
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