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Washington v. Mississippi

441 U.S. 916 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1979-04-16 Docket No. 78-6091; No. 78-6253 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 916
No. 78-6091.
No. 78-6253.
Washington v. Mississippi; Finney v. Georgia.

Sup. Ct. Miss.; and

Sup. Ct. Ga. Certio-rari denied.

dissenting.

Adhering to our views that the death penalty is in all circumstances cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the

Dissent — Brennan J.

p. 917
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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