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Rose v. Florida

471 U.S. 1143 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1985-06-03 Docket No. 84-6449; No. 84-6639 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1143
No. 84-6449.
No. 84-6639.
Rose v. Florida. Nash, aka Henderson v. Arizona.

Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

Sup. Ct. Ariz. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 84-6449, 461 So. 2d 84 ; No. 84-6639, 143 Ariz. 392 , 694 P. 2d 222 .

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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