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Robison v. Oklahoma

467 U.S. 1246 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1984-06-11 Docket No. 83-6589; No. 83-6736 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1246
No. 83-6589.
No. 83-6736.
Robison v. Oklahoma. Sims v. Florida.

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 83-6589, 677 P. 2d 1080 ; No. 83-6736, 444 So. 2d 922 .

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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