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Neal v. Mississippi

469 U.S. 1098 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1984-12-10 Docket No. 84-5399; No. 84-5609; No. 84-5613; No. 84-5642; No. 84-5672 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — JUSTICE BRENNAN and JUSTICE MARSHALL,

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p. 1098
No. 84-5399.
No. 84-5609.
No. 84-5613.
No. 84-5642.
No. 84-5672.
Neal v. Mississippi. Green v. Zant, Superintendent, Georgia, Diagnostic and Classification Center. Hill v. Alabama. Rook v. North Carolina. James v. Florida.

Sup. Ct. Miss.;

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Ala.;

Gen. Ct. Justice, Super. Ct. Div., Wake County, N.C.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 84-5399, 451 So. 2d 743 ; No. 84-5609, 738 F. 2d 1529 ; No. 84-5613, 455 So. 2d 938 ; No. 84-5672, 453 So. 2d 786 .

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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