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Horton v. Georgia

459 U.S. 1188 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1983-01-24 Docket No. 82-5793; No. 82-5834; No. 82-5861 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1188
No. 82-5793.
No. 82-5834.
No. 82-5861.
Horton v. Georgia. Blair v. Missouri. Trimble v. Missouri.

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Mo.; and

Sup. Ct. Mo. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 82-5793, 249 Ga. 871 , 295 S. E. 2d 281 ; No. 82-5834, 638 S. W. 2d 739 ; No. 82-5861, 638 S. W. 2d 726 .

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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