Case Name: Harris v. California; Drake v. Georgia; Jent v. Florida
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1982-06-07
Citations: 457 U.S. 1111
Docket Number: No. 81-6512; No. 81-6540; No. 81-6549
Parties: Harris v. California. Drake v. Georgia. Jent v. Florida.
Judges: Justice Brennan and Justice Marshall, dissenting.
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 457
Pages: 1111–1111

Head Matter:
No. 81-6512.
No. 81-6540.
No. 81-6549.
Harris v. California. Drake v. Georgia. Jent v. Florida.

Opinion:
Ct. App. Cal., 2d App. Dist.;
Sup. Ct. Ga.; and
Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 81-6540, 248 Ga. 891, 287 S. E. 2d 180; No. 81-6549, 408 So. 2d 1024.
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.