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Voyles v. Mississippi

441 U.S. 956 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1979-05-14 Docket No. 78-6225; No. 78-6371 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 956
No. 78-6225.
No. 78-6371.
Voyles v. Mississippi. Songer v. Florida.

Sup. Ct. Miss.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Cer-tiorari 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 sentences in these cases.

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