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Smith v. Mississippi

460 U.S. 1047 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1983-03-21 Docket No. 82-5922; No. 82-6019; No. 82-6089 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1047
No. 82-5922.
No. 82-6019.
No. 82-6089.
Smith v. Mississippi. Harris v. Pulley, Warden, California State Prison at San Quentin. Morris v. Tennessee.

Sup. Ct. Miss.; C. A. 9th Cir.; and Sup. Ct. Tenn. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 82-5922, 419 So. 2d 563 ; No. 82-6019, 692 F. 2d 1189 ; No. 82-6089, 641 S. W. 2d 883 .

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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