Lusk v. Florida

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 20, 1987

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1987-04-20

Relies on Gregg v. Georgia · Romine v. State · 497 So. 2d 1177 - Provenzano v. State

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Decided 1987-04-20

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Cited by 100 later decisions (4 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 2014 · most notably School Board of Nassau County Florida v. H Arline (1987), United States v. Dunn (1987)

8 federal appellate · 4 district · 56 state decisions — followed in 15 states

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¶1Sup. Ct. Fla.;

¶2Sup. Ct. Ga.;

¶3Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

¶4Ct. App. Mo., Eastern Dist. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 86-6377, 498 So. 2d 902; No. 86-6384, 256 Ga. 521, 350 S. E. 2d 446; No. 86-6471, 497 So. 2d 1177; No. 86-6510, 721 S. W. 2d 31.

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.