Knapp v. Cardwell

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided November 29, 1982

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1982-11-29

Relies on Gregg v. Georgia · Knapp v. Cardwell · State v. Simon

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Decided 1982-11-29

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Cited by 215 later decisions — most recently July 2007 · most notably State v. Gretzler (1983), Coe v. Bell (1998)

93 federal appellate · 9 district · 78 state decisions

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¶1C. A. 9th Cir.;

¶2Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

¶3Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

¶4Sup. Ct. Fla. Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 82-530, 667 F. 2d 1253; No. 82-5319, 635 S. W. 2d 498; No. 82-5519, 415 So. 2d 6; No. 82-5534, 415 So. 2d 719.

Justice Brennan and 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.