Witt v. Florida
434 U.S. 935
SCOTUS
1977
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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.





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.