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Adams v. Florida

439 U.S. 947 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1978-10-30 Docket No. 78-5321; No. 78-5335 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 947
No. 78-5321.
No. 78-5335.
Adams v. Florida. Davis v. Georgia.

Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 78-5321, 355 So. 2d 1205 ; No. 78-5335, 241 Ga. 376 , 247 S. E. 2d 45 .

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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