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Lusk v. Florida

481 U.S. 1024 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1987-04-20 Docket No. 86-6377; No. 86-6384; No. 86-6471; No. 86-6510 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1024
No. 86-6377.
No. 86-6384.
No. 86-6471.
No. 86-6510.
Lusk v. Florida. Romine v. Georgia. Provenzano v. Florida. Lashley v. Missouri.

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

Ct. App. Mo., Eastern Dist. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 86-6377, 498 So. 2d 902 ; No. 86-6384, 256 Ga. 521 , 350 S. E. 2d 446 ; No. 86-6471, 497 So. 2d 1177 ; No. 86-6510, 721 S. W. 2d 31 .

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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