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Sonnier v. Maggio

466 U.S. 932 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1984-04-04 Docket No. 83-6533 (A-804) English

Judges Justice Rehnquist took no part in the consideration or decision of this application and petition.

Decision Majority (1) · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 932
No. 83-6533 (A-804).
Sonnier v. Maggio, Warden.

C. A. 5th Cir. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice White, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Certiorari denied.

Justice Rehnquist took no part in the consideration or decision of this application and petition.

dissenting.

Adhering to our views that the death penalty is in all circumstances cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth

Dissent — Brennan J.

p. 933
and Fourteenth Amendments, Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U. S. 158 , 227, 281 (1976), we would grant the application for stay, grant certiorari, and vacate the death sentence in this case.

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  • 428 U. S. 158 428 U. S. 158 at 281 p. 933

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