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Magwood v. Alabama

462 U.S. 1124 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1983-06-13 Docket No. 82-6560. No. 82-6577. No. 82-6597. No. 82-6611 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1124
No. 82-6560.
No. 82-6577.
No. 82-6597.
No. 82-6611.
Magwood v. Alabama. Williams v. Georgia. Zaragoza v. Arizona. Yates v. South Carolina.

Sup. Ct. Ala.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Ariz.; and

Sup. Ct. S. C. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 82-6560, 426 So. 2d 929 ; No. 82-6577, 250 Ga. 553 , 300 S. E. 2d 301 ; No. 82-6597, 135 Ariz. 63 , 659 P. 2d 22 ; No. 82-6611, 280 S. C. 29 , 310 S. E. 2d 805 .

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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