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Scott v. Florida

449 U.S. 1003 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1980-11-17 Docket No. 80-5216; No. 80-5335; No. 80-5495 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1003
No. 80-5216.
No. 80-5335.
No. 80-5495.
Scott v. Florida. Jones v. Mississippi. Russell v. Texas.

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Miss.; and

Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 80-5335, 381 So. 2d 983 ; No. 80-5495, 598 S. W. 2d 238 .

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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