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Hoy v. Florida

439 U.S. 920 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1978-10-16 Docket No. 77-7009 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 920
No. 77-7009.
Hoy v. Florida.

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied.

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 sentence in this case.

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