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Tison v. Arizona

459 U.S. 882 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1982-10-04 Docket No. 81-5634; No. 81-6536; No. 81-6711; No. 81-6777; No. 81-6861; No. 81-6976; No. 81-6978; No. 82-5001; No. 82-5020; No. 82-5086; No. 82-5088; No. 82-5090; No. 82-5093; No. 82-5147; No. 82-5170; No. 82-5183; No. 82-5188 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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Majority

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No. 81-5634.
No. 81-6536.
No. 81-6711.
No. 81-6777.
No. 81-6861.
No. 81-6976.
No. 81-6978.
No. 82-5001.
No. 82-5020.
No. 82-5086.
No. 82-5088.
No. 82-5090.
No. 82-5093.
No. 82-5147.
No. 82-5170.
No. 82-5183.
No. 82-5188.
Tison v. Arizona (two cases). Autry v. Texas. Hill v. Arkansas. Cape v. Zant, Superintendent, Georgia Diagnostic Classification Center. Whitley v. Virginia. Ruiz et al. v. Arkansas. Smith v. Balkcom, Warden, Georgia State Prison. Smith v. Georgia. Adams v. Florida. Messer v. Zant, Warden. Johnson v. Tennessee. Brooks v. Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center. Mason v. Morris. Singleton v. Arkansas. Blazak v. Arizona. Evans v. MacDougall, Director of Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. Breedlove v. Florida.

Sup. Ct. Ariz.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Ark.;

Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County;

Sup. Ct. Va.;

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

C. A. 9th Cir.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 81-5634, 129 Ariz. 526 , 633 P. 2d 335 (first case), 129 Ariz. 546 , 633 P. 2d 355 (second case); No. 81-6536, 626 S. W. 2d 758 ; No. 81-6711, 275 Ark. 71 , 628 S. W. 2d 284 ; No. 81-6861, 223 Va. 66 , 286 S. E. 2d 162 ; No. 81-6976, 275 Ark. 410 , 630 S. W. 2d 44 ; No. 81-6978, 660 F. 2d 573 , 671 F. 2d 858 , and 677 F. 2d 20 ; No. 82-5001, 249 Ga. 228 , 290 S.

Dissent — Brennan J.

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2d 850 ; No. 82-5088, 632 S. W. 2d 542 ; No. 82-5170, 131 Ariz. 598 , 643 P. 2d 694 ; No. 82-5188, 413 So. 2d 1 .

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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