Sireci v. Florida

Jun 30, 1986

No. 84-6895.; No. 85-1525; No. 85-6011; No. 85-6273; No. 85-6440; No. 85-6649; No. 85-6650; No. 85-6749; No. 85-6846; No. 85-6891

Versions:

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

Sup. Ct. Va.;

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

Ct. App. Md.;

C. A. 5th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Ind.; and

Sup. Ct. Ky. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 84-6895, 469 So. 2d 119; No. 85-1525, 703 S. W. 2d 106; No. 85-6011, 230 Va. 99, 334 S. E. 2d 838; No. 85-6273, 772 F. 2d 668; No. 85-6440, 701 S. W. 2d 808; No. 85-6649, 304 Md. 487, 499 A. 2d 1261, and 305 Md. 306, 503 A. 2d 1326; No. 85-6650, 304 Md. 439, 499 A. 2d 1236, and 305 Md. 306, 503 A. 2d 1326; No. 85-6749, 783 F. 2d 487; No. 85-6846, 486 N. E. 2d 445; No. 85-6891, 702 S. W. 2d 37.

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.