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Sireci v. Florida

456 U.S. 984 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1982-05-17 Docket No. 81-5379; No. 81-5562; No. 81-5784; No. 81-5848; No. 81-5944; No. 81-6338; No. 81-6385; No. 81-6435; No. 81-6437 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 984
No. 81-5379.
No. 81-5562.
No. 81-5784.
No. 81-5848.
No. 81-5944.
No. 81-6338.
No. 81-6385.
No. 81-6435.
No. 81-6437.
Sireci v. Florida. Gilreath v. Georgia. Combs v. Florida. Gilbert et al. v. South Carolina. Messer v. Florida. Fair v. Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center. Ortiz v. Arizona. Moore v. Nebraska. Smith v. Florida.

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. S. C.;

Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County;

Sup. Ct. Ariz.;

Sup. Ct. Neb.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 81-5379, 399 So. 2d 964 ; No. 81-5562, 247 Ga. 814 , 279 S. E. 2d 650 ; No. 81-5784, 403 So. 2d 418 ; No. 81-5848, 277 S. C. 53 , 283 S. E. 2d 179 ; No. 81-5944, 403 So. 2d 341 ; No. 81-6385, 131 Ariz. 195 , 639 P. 2d 1020 ; No. 81-6435, 210 Neb. 457 , 316 N. W. 2d 33 ; No. 81-6437, 407 So. 2d 894 .

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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