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Elledge v. Florida

459 U.S. 981 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1982-11-01 Docket No. 81-6813; No. 82-5317; No. 82-5348; No. 82-5373 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 981
No. 81-6813.
No. 82-5317.
No. 82-5348.
No. 82-5373.
Elledge v. Florida. Berryhill v. Georgia. Riley v. Florida. Brown v. Zant, Superintendent, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center.

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 81-6813, 408 So. 2d 1021 ; No. 82-5317, 249 Ga. 442 , 291 S. E. 2d 685 ; No. 82-5348, 413 So. 2d 1173 .

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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