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Coleman v. Montana

446 U.S. 970 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1980-05-27 Docket No. 79-1553; No. 79-5975 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 970
No. 79-1553.
No. 79-5975.
Coleman v. Montana. Bowen v. Georgia.

Sup. Ct. Mont.; and

Sup. Ct. Ga. Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 79-1553, -Mont. -, 605 P. 2d 1000 ; No. 79-5975, 244 Ga. 495 , 260 S. E. 2d 855 .

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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