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Lewis v. Illinois

456 U.S. 1011 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1982-06-01 Docket No. 81-1776; No. 81-6419 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1011
No. 81-1776.
No. 81-6419.
Lewis v. Illinois. Mikenas v. Florida.

Sup. Ct. Ill.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 81-1776, 88 Ill. 2d 129 , 430 N. E. 2d 1346 ; No. 81-6419, 407 So. 2d 892 .

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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