Proffitt v. Wainwright
464 U.S. 1003
SCOTUS
1983
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Lead Opinion

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Ind.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

C. A. 11th Cir.; and

C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 83-5509, 685 F. 2d 1227 and 706 F. 2d 311; No. 83-5530, 451 N. E. 2d 1047; No. 83-5533, 654 S. W. 2d 383; No. 83-5544, 715 F. 2d 1459; No. 83-5644, 706 F. 2d 1534.





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.