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Baldwin v. Blackburn

456 U.S. 950 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1982-04-26 Docket No. 81-6301; No. 81-6304 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 950
No. 81-6301.
No. 81-6304.
Baldwin v. Blackburn, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, et al. Collins v. Zant, Warden.

C. A. 5th Cir.; and

Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 81-6301, 653 F. 2d 942 .

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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