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Irving v. Mississippi

470 U.S. 1059 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1985-03-18 Docket No. 83-6493; No. 84-6051; No. 84-6170 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1059
No. 83-6493.
No. 84-6051.
No. 84-6170.
Irving v. Mississippi. Allen v. Georgia. Gillies v. Arizona.

Sup. Ct. Miss.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.; and

Sup. Ct. Ariz. Certiorari

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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