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FLORIDA; JORDAN V. MISSISSIPPI; HENRY V. FLORIDA; VILLARREAL V. TEXAS; PRESNELL V. GEORGIA; SMITH V. FLORIDA; FLEMING V. GEORGIA; JACKSON V. FLORIDA; SALVATORE V. FLORIDA; SPENCER V. HOPPER, WARDEN; WILLIS V. GEORGIA; FOSTER V. FLORIDA
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The court reviewed an order granting a writ of habeas corpus to a parolee, which dismissed parole violation charges. The parolee had violated parole by committing a crime in Georgia while residing there under a compact, and Florida's subsequent parole revocation hearing was challenged for timeliness.
The court held that the Interstate Agreement on Detainers does not apply to parole revocation proceedings for parolees residing in another state under a compact, and Florida is not required to hold immediate revocation hearings for parolees convicted of intervening offenses and imprisoned elsewhere.
Appellee was paroled to Georgia under a compact. While in Georgia, he committed a crime, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced. Florida issued a warrant f…
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Mr. Justice Brennan and Mr. Justice Marshall,
dissenting.
Adhering 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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- Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U.S. 153 (U.S. 1976)