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Chaney v. Oklahoma

456 U.S. 919 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1982-04-05 Docket No. 81-6016; No. 81-6224 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 919
No. 81-6016.
No. 81-6224.
Chaney v. Oklahoma. Godfrey v. Georgia.

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.; and

Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 81-6224, 248 Ga. 616 , 284 S. E. 2d 422 .

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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