Lusk v. Florida, 481 U.S. 1024

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

Ct. App. Mo., Eastern Dist. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 86-6377, 498 So. 2d 902; No. 86-6384, 256 Ga. 521, 350 S. E. 2d 446; No. 86-6471, 497 So. 2d 1177; No. 86-6510, 721 S. W. 2d 31.

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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.

Case Details

Case Name: Lusk v. Florida

Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States

Date Published: Apr 20, 1987

Citations: 481 U.S. 1024; No. 86-6377; No. 86-6384; No. 86-6471; No. 86-6510

Docket Number: No. 86-6377; No. 86-6384; No. 86-6471; No. 86-6510

Court Abbreviation: U.S.