Strickland v. Zant

Oct 18, 1982
No. 82-5280; No. 82-5305
Versions:459 U.S. 960
103 S. Ct. 274
74 L. Ed. 2d 213
51 U.S.L.W. 3304
1982 U.S. LEXIS 4049

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 *961Eighth 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.





Lead Opinion

Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 82-5305, 413 So. 2d 741.