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Buford v. Florida

454 U.S. 1164 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1982-01-11 Docket No. 81-5855 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1164
No. 81-5855.
Buford 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

Dissent — Brennan J.

p. 1165
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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