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Fisher v. Arizona

469 U.S. 1066 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1984-11-26 Docket No. 84-5425; No. 84-5491; No. 84-5530 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1066
No. 84-5425.
No. 84-5491.
No. 84-5530.
Fisher v. Arizona. Melson v. Tennessee. Groseclose v. Tennessee.

Sup. Ct. Ariz.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tenn.; and

Ct. Crim. App. Tenn. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 84-5425, 141 Ariz. 227 , 686 P. 2d 750 .

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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