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Sawyer v. Louisiana

466 U.S. 931 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1984-04-02 Docket No. 83-6258 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 931
No. 83-6258.
Sawyer v. Louisiana.

Sup. Ct. La. Certio-rari 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 sentence in this case.

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