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House v. Stynchcombe

434 U.S. 975 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1977-11-28 Docket No. 77-5439; No. 77-5450; No. 77-5482 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 975
No. 77-5439.
No. 77-5450.
No. 77-5482.
House v. Stynchcombe, Sheriff, et al. Ceja v. Arizona. McCorquodale v. Stynchcombe, Sheriff, et al.

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Ariz.; and

Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 77-5439, 239 Ga. 222 , 236 S. E. 2d 353 ; No. 77-5450, 115 Ariz. 413 , 565 P. 2d 1274 ; No. 77-5482, 239 Ga. 138 , 236 S. E. 2d 486 .

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.

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