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Roberts v. Florida

485 U.S. 943 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1988-03-07 Docket No. 87-5971; No. 87-5984; No. 87-6223; No. 87-6236; No. 87-6266 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 943
No. 87-5971.
Roberts v. Florida. Noland v. North Carolina. Koon v. Florida. Alderman v. Georgia. Ford v. Georgia.
No. 87-5984.
No. 87-6223.
No. 87-6236.
No. 87-6266.

Sup. Ct. Fla.; Gen. Ct. Justice, Super. Ct. Div., Mecklenburg County, N. C.; Sup. Ct. Fla.; Sup. Ct. Ga.; and Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied.

and Justice Marshall, 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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