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Green v. Missouri

470 U.S. 1034 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1985-03-04 Docket No. 84-748; No. 84-5774; No. 84-5856; No. 84-5877; No. 84-6041; No. 84-6093; No. 84-6043; No. 84-6091 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1034
No. 84-748.
No. 84-5774.
No. 84-5856.
No. 84-5877.
No. 84-6041.
No. 84-6093.
No. 84-6043.
No. 84-6091.
Green v. Texas. Wilcher v. Mississippi. Grandison v. Maryland. Knapp v. Arizona. Sample v. Tennessee. McKay v. Tennessee. Jackson v. Alabama. Johns v. Missouri.

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Miss.;

Ct. App. Md.;

Super. Ct. Ariz., Maricopa

County;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

Sup. Ct. Ala.; and

Sup. Ct. Mo. Certio-rari denied.

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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