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Clark v. Florida

450 U.S. 936 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1981-02-23 Docket No. 79-6309; No. 80-5856; No. 80-5986 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 936
No. 79-6309.
No. 80-5856.
No. 80-5986.
Clark v. Florida. Baker v. Georgia. Green v. Georgia.

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.; and

Sup. Ct. Ga. Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 79-6309, 379 So. 2d 97 ; No. 80-5856, 246 Ga. 259 , 272 S. E. 2d 61 ; No. 80-5986, 246 Ga. 598 , 272 S. E. 2d 475 .

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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