Opinion

Brown v. Florida

  • 449 U.S. 1118
  • 49 U.S.L.W. 3515
  • 101 S. Ct. 931
  • 66 L. Ed. 2d 847
  • 1981 U.S. LEXIS 586
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Filed
Jan 19, 1981
Status
Published
On the bench
Brennan, Marshall
Cited by
65 cases
Authority
More cited than 96.5%

risk of death to victim only not sufficient though murder committed in public place

How later courts described this case

  • risk of death to victim only not sufficient though murder committed in public place
  • imposition of death sentence not affected by the consideration of improper aggravating circumstances where at least two valid aggravating circumstances remain to be weighed against one "tenuous" mitigating circumstance

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

This record has no opinion text. It is a disposition such as a denial of certiorari, kept so the case can be found by name and citation.

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