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Dobbert v. Florida

447 U.S. 912 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1980-06-09 Docket No. 79-6362 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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No. 79-6362.
Dobbert v. Florida.

Sup. Ct. Fla. Cer-tiorari 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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