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Buford v. Wainwright

464 U.S. 956 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1983-10-31 Docket No. 83-5329; No. 83-5354 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 956
No. 83-5329.
No. 83-5354.
Buford v. Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections. Amadeo v. Kemp, Superintendent, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center.

Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

Sup. Ct. Ga. Cer-tiorari denied. Reported below: No. 83-5329, 428 So. 2d 1389 .

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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