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Dick v. Kemp

464 U.S. 986 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1983-11-14 Docket No. 83-5339; No. 83-5367; No. 83-5449; No. 83-5454; No. 83-5457; No. 83-5463 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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No. 83-5339.
No. 83-5367.
No. 83-5449.
No. 83-5454.
No. 83-5457.
No. 83-5463.
Dick v. Kemp, Superintendent, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center. Moore v. Louisiana. Richmond v. Arizona. Womack v. Alabama. Jernigan v. Texas. Elledge v. Florida.

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. La.;

Sup. Ct. Ariz.;

Sup. Ct. Ala.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 83-5367, 432 So. 2d 209 ; No. 83-5449, 136 Ariz. 312 , 666 P. 2d 57 ; No. 83-5454, 435 So. 2d 766 ; No. 83-5457, 661 S. W. 2d 936 ; No. 83-5463, 432 So. 2d 35 .

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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