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Clark v. Florida

467 U.S. 1210 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1984-05-21 Docket No. 83-6421; No. 83-6453; No. 83-6490; No. 83-6610; No. 83-6625 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1210
No. 83-6421.
No. 83-6453.
No. 83-6490.
No. 83-6610.
No. 83-6625.
Clark v. Florida. Parks v. Oklahoma. Cone v. Tennessee. Barfield v. Harris, Superintendent, North Carolina Correctional Center for Women, et al. Laws v. Missouri.

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

C. A. 4th Cir.; and

Sup. Ct. Mo. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 83-6421, 443 So. 2d 973 ; No. 83-6490, 665 S. W. 2d 87 ; No. 83-6610, 719 F. 2d 58 ; No. 83-6625, 661 S. W. 2d 526 .

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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