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Baldwin v. Blackburn

468 U.S. 1246 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1984-09-09 Docket No. 84-5383 (A-162) English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1246
September 9, 1984
No. 84-5383 (A-162).
Baldwin v. Blackburn, 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.

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. 1247
and Fourteenth Amendments, Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U. S. 153 , 227, 231 (1976), we would grant the application for stay of execution, grant certiorari, and vacate the death sentence in this case.

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