Knapp v. Cardwell

Nov 29, 1982
No. 82-530; No. 82-5319; No. 82-5519; No. 82-5534
Reporters:
, , , ,
Before:
Brennan

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.