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Stewart v. Florida

460 U.S. 1103 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1983-04-18 Docket No. 82-6187; No. 82-6194; No. 82-6206; No. 82-6210; No. 82-6262; No. 82-6284; No. 82-6306 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1103
No. 82-6187.
No. 82-6194.
No. 82-6206.
No. 82-6210.
No. 82-6262.
No. 82-6284.
No. 82-6306.
Stewart v. Florida. Copeland v. South Carolina. Taylor v. Louisiana. Burden v. Georgia. Wallace v. Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center. Briley v. Mitchell, Superintendent, Virginia State Penitentiary. Raines v. Alabama.

Sup. Ct. Fla.; Sup. Ct. S. C.; Sup. Ct. La.; Sup. Ct; Ga.; Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County; Sup. Ct. Va.; and Sup. Ct. Ala. Cer-tiorari denied.

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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