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Gall v. Kentucky

450 U.S. 989 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1981-03-09 Docket No. 80-6034; No. 80-6151 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 989
No. 80-6034.
No. 80-6151.
Gall v. Kentucky. King v. Florida.

Sup. Ct. Ky.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 80-6034, 607 S. W. 2d 97 ; No. 80-6151, 390 So. 2d 315 .

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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