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Finney v. Balkcom

449 U.S. 913 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1980-10-14 Docket No. 80-5235; No. 80-5252; No. 80-5268 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 913
No. 80-5235.
No. 80-5252.
No. 80-5268.
Finney v. Balkcom, Warden. Steelman v. Arizona. Antone v. Florida.

Super. Ct. Ga., Tattnall County;

Sup. Ct. Ariz.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 80-5252, 120 Ariz. 301 , 585 P. 2d 1213 ; No. 80-5268, 382 So. 2d 1205 .

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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