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Strickland v. Zant

459 U.S. 960 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1982-10-18 Docket No. 82-5280; No. 82-5305 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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No. 82-5280.
No. 82-5305.
Strickland v. Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center. Hitchcock v. Florida.

Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 82-5305, 413 So. 2d 741 .

dissenting.

Adhering to our views that the death penalty is in all circumstances cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the

Dissent — Brennan J.

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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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