Rose v. Florida, 471 U.S. 1143

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

Sup. Ct. Ariz. ‍‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‍Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 84-6449, 461 So. 2d 84; No. 84-6639, 143 Ariz. 392, 694 P. ‍‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‍2d 222.

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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: Rose v. Florida

Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States

Date Published: Jun 3, 1985

Citations: 471 U.S. 1143; 105 S. Ct. 2689; 86 L. Ed. 2d 706; 53 U.S.L.W. 3853; 1985 U.S. LEXIS 2148; No. 84-6449; No. 84-6639

Docket Number: No. 84-6449; No. 84-6639

Court Abbreviation: U.S.