Knapp v. Cardwell

Nov 29, 1982
No. 82-530; No. 82-5319; No. 82-5519; No. 82-5534
Versions:459 U.S. 1055
103 S. Ct. 473
74 L. Ed. 2d 621
51 U.S.L.W. 3420
1982 U.S. LEXIS 4581

Lead Opinion

C. A. 9th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 82-530, 667 F. 2d 1253; No. 82-5319, 635 S. W. 2d 498; No. 82-5519, 415 So. 2d 6; No. 82-5534, 415 So. 2d 719.





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.