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468 U.S. 1220

Dobbert v. Strickland

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1984-07-05

Relies on Gregg v. Georgia · Dobbert v. Strickland · 440 So. 2d 1257 - Routly v. State

Decided 1984-07-05

¶1C. A. 11th Cir.;

¶2Sup. Ct. Idaho;

¶3Sup. Ct. Fla.;

¶4Sup. Ct. Idaho; and

¶5Sup. Ct. Idaho. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 83-6195, 718 F. 2d 1518; No. 83-6326, 105 Idaho 900, 674 P. 2d 396; No. 83-6405, 440 So. 2d 1257; No. 83-6611, 106 Idaho 54, 675 P. 2d 33; No. 83-6653, 106 Idaho 117, 676 P. 2d 31.

Justice Brennan and Justice Marshall,

¶6dissenting.

¶7Adhering 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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