Roy Allen Harich v. Florida

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 23, 1991

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1991-04-23

Relies on Gregg v. Georgia · City of Lockport v. United States · 437 So. 2d 1082 - Harich v. State

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Decided 1991-04-23

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Case below, 437 So.2d 1082; 542 So.2d 980; 573 So.2d 303.

April 23, 1991. The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice KENNEDY and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Florida is denied.

Justice MARSHALL dissenting:

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Adhering to my view 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, 231, 96 S.Ct. 2909, 2973, 49 L.Ed.2d 859 (1976), I would grant the application for stay of execution and the petition for a writ of certiorari and vacate the death sentence in this case.