Strickland v. Zant

459 U.S. 960 | SCOTUS | 1982

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.

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Lead Opinion

Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County; and

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