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Rutledge v. Florida

446 U.S. 913 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1980-04-21 Docket No. 79-6148; No. 79-6175; No. 79-6241 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 913
No. 79-6148.
No. 79-6175.
No. 79-6241.
Rutledge v. Florida. Holmes v. Florida. Dobbs v. Georgia.

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

Sup. Ct. Ga. Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 79-6148, 374 So. 2d 975 ; No. 79-6175, 374 So. 2d 944 ; No. 79-6241, 245 Ga. 208 , 264 S. E. 2d 18 .

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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