Meeks v. Florida

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided November 27, 1978

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1978-11-27

Relies on Gregg v. Georgia · Stephens v. Hopper · Duffy v. State

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Decided 1978-11-27

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Cited by 164 later decisions (5 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2019 · most notably Zant v. Stephens (1983), Pulley v. Harris (1984)

79 federal appellate · 59 state decisions — followed in 16 states

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¶1Sup. Ct. Fla. ;

¶2Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

¶3Sup. Ct. Ga.; and

¶4Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 76-6882, 339 So. 2d 186; No. 78-5225, 567 S. W. 2d 197; No. 78-5490, 241 Ga. 496, 246 S. E. 2d 642; No. 78-5544, 241 Ga. 596, 247 S. E. 2d 92.

Mr. Justice Brennan and Mr. Justice Marshall,

¶5dissenting.

¶6Adhering 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.