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Evans v. Mississippi

467 U.S. 1264 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1984-06-25 Docket No. 83-6213; No. 83-6419 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1264
No. 83-6213.
No. 83-6419.
Evans v. Mississippi. Delap v. Florida.

Sup. Ct. Miss.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 83-6213, 441 So. 2d 520 ; No. 83-6419, 440 So. 2d 1242 .

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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