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Hulsey v. Arkansas

449 U.S. 938 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1980-10-20 Docket No. 80-5204; No. 80-5215; No. 80-5228 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 938
No. 80-5204.
No. 80-5215.
No. 80-5228.
Hulsey v. Arkansas. Dampier v. Georgia. Mata v. Arizona.

Sup. Ct. Ark.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.; and

Sup. Ct. Ariz. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 80-5204, 268 Ark. 312 , 595 S. W. 2d 934 ; No. 80-5215, 245 Ga. 426 , 265 S. E. 2d 565 , and 245 Ga. 882 , 268 S. E. 2d 349 ; No. 80-5228, 125 Ariz. 233 , 609 P. 2d 48 .

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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