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Legal Citation: 458 U.S. 782 (1982)

Petitioner
Earl Enmund

Respondent
State of Florida

Petitioner's Claim
That his death sentence constituted cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments for aiding a felony that ended up a murder, even though he did not participate in the murder or intend for it to happen.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
James S. Liebman

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Lawrence A. Kaden

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, John Paul Stevens, Byron R. White (writing for the Court)

Justices Dissenting
Warren E. Burger, Sandra Day O'Connor, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
2 July 1982

Decision
The Supreme Court...