KING
v.
FLORIDA; AND WILLIAMS V. FLORIDA

U.S. | 1984-03-26
Nos. 83-5940; No. 83-6184
466 U.S. 909 Supreme Court of the United States (1984) Caution
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Dissent
Justice Brennan and Justice Marshall,

Justice Brennan and 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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    …, 105 S.Ct. 1233, 84 L.Ed.2d 370 (1985); Williams v. State, 437 So. 2d 133 (Fla.1983) (defendant had been convicted of aggravated assault, and was on parole for possession of firearm by a convicted felon, when he committed the murder), cert. denied, 466 U.S. 909, 104 S.Ct. 1690, 80 L.Ed.2d 164 (1984); King v. State, 436 So. 2d 50 (Fla.1983) (defendant had a prior conviction of manslaughter for killing a woman with an axe), cert. denied, 466 U.S. 909, 104 S.Ct. 1690, 80 L.Ed.2d 163 (1984). There is no find…
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    …the attack, and carried a steak knife in his pocket. Spencer’s previous attacks on Karen and the threats that he made to both Karen and her son are also proper evidence of premeditation. King v. State, 436 So. 2d 50, 54-55 (Fla.1983), cert. denied, 466 U.S. 909, 104 S.Ct. 1690, 80 L.Ed.2d 163 (1984). Although Spencer does not challenge his convictions for aggravated assault, attempted second-degree murder, and aggravated battery, we also find that these convictions are adequately supported by the record.…
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