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Campbell v. Tennessee

469 U.S. 920 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1984-10-15 Docket No. 83-6898; No. 84-5238; No. 84-5249 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 920
No. 83-6898.
No. 84-5238.
No. 84-5249.
Campbell v. Tennessee. McCorquodale v. Kemp, Warden. Stewart v. Illinois.

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County; and

Sup. Ct. Ill. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 83-6898, 664 S. W. 2d 281 ; No. 84-5249, 101 Ill. 2d 470 , 463 N. E. 2d 677 .

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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