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Otey v. Nebraska

459 U.S. 1080 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1982-12-06 Docket No. 82-5308; No. 82-5542 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1080
No. 82-5308.
No. 82-5542.
Otey v. Nebraska. Brown v. North Carolina.

Sup. Ct. Neb.; and

Sup. Ct. N. C. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 82-5308, 212 Neb. 103 , 321 N. W. 2d 453 ; No. 82-5542, 306 N. C. 151 , 293 S. E. 2d 569 .

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. 1081
U. S. 153 , 227, 231 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.

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