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Evans v. Mississippi

461 U.S. 939 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1983-05-16 Docket No. 82-6267; No. 82-6423; No. 82-6433; No. 82-6555 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 939
No. 82-6267.
No. 82-6423.
No. 82-6433.
No. 82-6555.
Evans v. Mississippi. Bolander v. Florida. Aldridge v. Florida. McCrae v. Florida.

Sup. Ct. Miss.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 82-6267, 422 So. 2d 737 ; No. 82-6423, 422 So. 2d 833 ; No. 82-6433, 425 So. 2d 1132 ; No. 82-6555, 422 So. 2d 824 .

dissenting.

Adhering to our views that the death penalty is in all cir-cumstances 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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