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Hance v. Georgia

474 U.S. 1038 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1985-12-16 Docket No. 85-5642; No. 85-5663; No. 85-5665; No. 85-5694; No. 85-5701 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1038
No. 85-5642.
No. 85-5663.
No. 85-5665.
No. 85-5694.
No. 85-5701.
Hance v. Georgia. Conklin v. Georgia. Bell v. Alabama. McKague v. Nevada. Brown v. Florida.

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Ala.;

Sup. Ct. Nev.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 85-5642, 254 Ga. 575 , 332 S. E. 2d 287 ; No. 85-5663, 254 Ga. 558 , 331 S. E. 2d 532 ; No. 85-5665, 475 So. 2d 609 ; No. 85-5694, 101 Nev. 327 , 705 P. 2d 127 ; No. 85-5701, 473 So. 2d 1260 .

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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