Stewart v. Florida, 460 U.S. 1103

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Fla.; Sup. Ct. S. C.; ‍‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‍Sup. Ct. La.; Sup. Ct; Ga.; Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County; Sup. Ct. Va.; ‍‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‍and Sup. Ct. Ala. Cer-tiorari denied.

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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: Stewart v. Florida

Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States

Date Published: Apr 18, 1983

Citations: 460 U.S. 1103; 103 S. Ct. 1804; 76 L. Ed. 2d 367; 51 U.S.L.W. 3757; 1983 U.S. LEXIS 4041; No. 82-6187; No. 82-6194; No. 82-6206; No. 82-6210; No. 82-6262; No. 82-6284; No. 82-6306

Docket Number: No. 82-6187; No. 82-6194; No. 82-6206; No. 82-6210; No. 82-6262; No. 82-6284; No. 82-6306

Court Abbreviation: U.S.