Lusk v. Florida

Apr 20, 1987
No. 86-6377; No. 86-6384; No. 86-6471; No. 86-6510
Reporters:
Before:
Brennan

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.





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.