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470 U.S. 1088

Finney v. Wainwright

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 25, 1985

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1985-03-25

Relies on Gregg v. Georgia

Decided 1985-03-25

¶1Sup. Ct. Ga.;

¶2C. A. 11th Cir.;

¶3Sup. Ct. Fla.;

¶4C. A. 4th Cir.; and

¶5Sup. Ct. La. Certio-rari denied.

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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