Witt v. Florida, 434 U.S. 935

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Ct. Crim. App. ‍‌‌‌​​​​​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‍Tex.; and

Sup. Ct. Ga. Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 77-5026, 342 So. 2d 497; No. 77-5305, 556 S. W. 2d ‍‌‌‌​​​​​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‍270; No. 77-5355, 556 S. W. 2d 246 ; No. 77-5464, 238 Ga. 698, 234 S. E. 2d 918.

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Dissenting Opinion

Mr. Justice Brennan ‍‌‌‌​​​​​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‍and Mr. 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: Witt v. Florida

Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States

Date Published: Oct 31, 1977

Citations: 434 U.S. 935; 98 S.Ct. 422; 54 L.Ed.2d 294; 54 L.Ed.2d 774; No. 77-5026; No. 77-5305; No. 77-5355; No. 77-5464

Docket Number: No. 77-5026; No. 77-5305; No. 77-5355; No. 77-5464

Court Abbreviation: U.S.