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