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Caruthers v. Tennessee

469 U.S. 1197 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1985-01-21 Docket No. 84-5817; No. 84-5864 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1197
No. 84-5817.
No. 84-5864.
Caruthers v. Tennessee. Kennedy v. Florida.

Sup. Ct. Tenn.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 84-5817, 676 S. W. 2d 935 ; No. 84-5864, 455 So. 2d 351 .

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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