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Bowen v. Oklahoma

473 U.S. 911 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1985-07-01 Docket No. 84-1741; No. 84-6700; No. 84-6714; No. 84-6728; No. 84-6808 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 911
No. 84-1741.
No. 84-6700.
No. 84-6714.
No. 84-6728.
No. 84-6808.
Bowen v. Oklahoma. Stafford v. Oklahoma. Cartwright v. Oklahoma. Ingram v. Georgia. Mills v. Florida.

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 84-1741, 715 P. 2d 1093 ; No. 84-6700, 697 P. 2d 165 ; No. 84-6714, 695 P. 2d 548 ; No. 84-6728, 253 Ga. 622 , 323 S. E. 2d 801 ; No. 84-6808, 462 So. 2d 1075 .

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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