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Evans v. Alabama

440 U.S. 930 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1979-02-21 Docket No. 78-5750 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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No. 78-5750.
Evans v. Alabama.

Sup. Ct. Ala. Motion of petitioner to withdraw petition and certiorari denied.

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, sentence in this case.

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