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Gates v. Zant

463 U.S. 1213 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1983-06-27 Docket No. 81-5240; No. 81-5312; No. 81-5947; No. 81-5962; No. 81-6827; No. 82-5128; No. 82-5260; No. 82-5868; No. 82-6192 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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No. 81-5240.
No. 81-5312.
No. 81-5947.
No. 81-5962.
No. 81-6827.
Gates v. Zant, Superintendent, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center. Stephens v. Georgia. Waters v. Georgia. Taylor v. North Carolina. Redd v. Zant, Warden.

Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. N. C.;

Dissent — Brennan J.

p. 1214
Mathis v. Georgia. Moore v. Louisiana. Williams v. Maggio, Warden, et al. Roberts v. South Carolina.

No. 82-5128.

No. 82-5260.

No. 82-5868.

No. 82-6192.

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. La.;

C. A. 5th Cir.; and

Sup. Ct. S. C. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 81-5812, 247 Ga. 698 , 278 S. E. 2d 398 ; No. 81-5947, 248 Ga. 355 , 283 S. E. 2d 238 ; No. 81-5962, 304 N. C. 249 , 283 S. E. 2d 761 ; No. 81-6827, 249 Ga. 211 , 290 S. E. 2d 36 ; No. 82-5128, 249 Ga. 454 , 291 S. E. 2d 489 ; No. 82-5260, 414 So. 2d 340 ; No. 82-5868, 679 F. 2d 381 ; No. 82-6192, 278 S. C. 572 , 300 S. E. 2d 63 .

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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