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King v. Florida

466 U.S. 909 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1984-03-26 Docket No. 83-5940; No. 83-6184 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 909
No. 83-5940.
No. 83-6184.
King v. Florida; and Williams v. Florida.

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 83-5940, 436 So. 2d 50 ; No. 83-6184, 437 So. 2d 133 .

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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