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Jones v. Oklahoma

459 U.S. 1155 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1983-01-17 Docket No. 82-788; No. 82-5744; No. 82-5789 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1155
No. 82-788.
No. 82-5744.
No. 82-5789.
Jones v. Oklahoma. Meeks v. Florida. Parks v. Oklahoma.

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

Ct. Crim. App. Okla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 82-788, 648 P. 2d 1251 ; No. 82-5744, 418 So. 2d 987 ; No. 82-5789, 651 P. 2d 686 .

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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