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Berry v. Louisiana

451 U.S. 1010 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1981-05-18 Docket No. 80-6256 English

Judges Justice Stewart would grant certiorari.

Decision Majority (1) · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1010
No. 80-6256.
Berry v. Louisiana.

Sup. Ct. La. Cer-tiorari denied.

Justice Stewart would grant certiorari.

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

Dissent — Brennan J.

p. 1011
U. S. 153 , 227, 231 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentence in this case.

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