Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Brown v. Florida

449 U.S. 1118

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1981-01-19
Topic
general

How later courts describe 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

Citator

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Authority status
pending
Cited by
69 opinions

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied.