FLEMING ET AL.

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (13 total)

• Baker v. State, 336 So. 2d 364 (Fla. 1976)
  …fe were not privileged, because they were made in Mrs. Brown’s presence. In order for the marital privilege to apply, “the communication in question must have been made in confidence.” Proffitt v. State, 315 So. 2d 461, 464 (Fla.1975) cert. granted, 423 U.S. 1082, 96 S.Ct. 1090, 47 L.Ed.2d 94 (1976). . See 5 Wigmore, Evidence, § 1476 nn. 5 & 8 (Chadbourn rev. 1974). . 11 Cl. & F. 85, 8 Eng.Rep. 1034 (1844). The date of this decision is significant because Florida has adopted the common law of England only…
• Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U.S. 153 (U.S. 1976)
  …2d, at 667. We granted the petitioner’s application for a writ of certiorari limited to his challenge to the imposition of the death sentences in this case as “cruel and unusual” punishment in violation of the Eighth and the Fourteenth Amendments. 423 U. S. 1082 (1976). II Before considering the issues presented it is necessary to understand the Georgia statutory scheme for the imposition of the death penalty.3 The Georgia statute, as amended after our decision in Furman v. Georgia, 408 U. S. 238 (1972),…
• Proffitt v. Florida, 428 U.S. 242 (U.S. 1976)
  …a great risk of serious [*247] bodily harm and death to many persons. The judge also found specifically that none of the statutory mitigating circumstances existed. The Supreme Court of Florida affirmed. 315 So. 2d 461 (1975). We granted certiorari, 423 U. S. 1082 (1976), to consider whether the imposition of the death sentence in this case constitutes cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. II The petitioner argues that the imposition of the death penalty under an…