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Wheat v. Mississippi

460 U.S. 1056 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1983-03-28 Docket No. 82-1131; No. 82-6108; No. 82-6115; No. 82-6154 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1056
No. 82-1131.
No. 82-6108.
No. 82-6115.
No. 82-6154.
Wheat v. Mississippi. Nelson v. Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center. Hill v. Georgia. Martin v. Florida.

Sup. Ct. Miss.; Sup. Ct. Ga.; Sup. Ct. Ga.; and Sup. Ct. Fla. Cer-tiorari denied. Reported below: No. 82-1131, 420 So. 2d 229 ; No. 82-6108, 250 Ga. 152 , 296 S. E. 2d 590 ; No. 82-6115, 250 Ga. 277 , 295 S. E. 2d 518 ; No. 82-6154, 420 So. 2d 583 .

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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