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Darden v. Dugger

485 U.S. 943 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1988-03-07 Docket No. 87-6173 English

Judges Justice Brennan and Justice Marshall join, dissenting.

Decision Majority (1) · Dissent — Brennan J. · Dissent — Blackmun J.

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No. 87-6173.
Darden v. Dugger, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections.

C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.

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 sentence in this case.

with whom

Justice Brennan and Justice Marshall join, dissenting.

I would grant the petition for certiorari and summarily reverse the judgment below primarily for the reasons stated in the dissent in Darden v. Wainwright, 477 U. S. 168 , 188 (1986). I was not persuaded then, and I am not persuaded now, that petitioner Willie Jasper Darden received a fair trial in the Florida courts. A person should not be condemned to die and be executed under any system of justice in this country without a fair trial.

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