FORD
v.
FLORIDA; THOMAS V. FLORIDA; STAMPER V. VIRGINIA; TUCKER V. GEORGIA

U.S. | 1980-04-14
Nos. 79-6111; No. 79-6116; No. 79-6168; No. 79-6187
445 U.S. 972 Supreme Court of the United States (1980) Positive Treatment
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Dissent
Mr. Justice Brennan and Mr. Justice Marshall,

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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    …o. 2d 910 (Fla.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 957, 102 S.Ct. 493, 70 L.Ed.2d 261 (1981); Clark v. State, 379 So. 2d 97 (Fla. 1979), cert. denied, 450 U.S. 936, 101 S.Ct. 1402, 67 L.Ed.2d 371 (1981); Ford v. State, 374 So. 2d 496 (Fla.1979), cert. denied, 445 U.S. 972, 100 S.Ct. 1666, 64 L.Ed.2d 249 (1980). We therefore uphold appellant’s sentences of death for the murders of Jerome Hueghley and Sam Wilson, Sr. It is so ordered. ALDERMAN, C.J., and ADKINS, BOYD and EHRLICH, JJ., concur. OVERTON, J., concurs in p…
  • Banda v. State, 536 So. 2d 221 (Fla. 1988)
    …the jury between the guilt and penalty phases. Generally, sequestration of a jury during trial is within the discretion of the trial court absent a showing of harm or prejudice to the defense. Ford v. State, 374 So. 2d 496 (Fla.1979), cert. denied, 445 U.S. 972, 100 S.Ct. 1666, 64 L.Ed. 2d 249 (1980). We have recognized, however, that a jury must be sequestered during deliberations in a capital case until its verdict is reached. Livingston v. State, 458 So. 2d 235 (Fla.1984). However, in the present case,…

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