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Watson v. Louisiana

469 U.S. 1181 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1985-01-14 Docket No. 84-5538; No. 84-5625; No. 84-5632; No. 84-5659; No. 84-5776 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1181
No. 84-5538.
No. 84-5625.
No. 84-5632.
No. 84-5659.
No. 84-5776.
Watson v. Louisiana. Solomon v. Kemp, Warden. Mann v. Florida. Blanco v. Florida. Gorham v. Florida.

Sup. Ct. La.;

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 84-5538, 449 So. 2d 1321 ; No. 84-5625, 735 F. 2d 395 ; No. 84-5632, 453 So. 2d 784 ; No. 84-5659, 452 So. 2d 520 ; No. 84-5776, 454 So. 2d 556 .

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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