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Austin v. Tennessee

474 U.S. 1073 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1986-01-13 Docket No. 85-881; No. 85-5058; No. 85-5126; No. 85-5705; No. 85-5844; No. 85-5846; No. 85-5867; No. 85-5880 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1073
No. 85-881.
No. 85-5058.
No. 85-5126.
No. 85-5705.
No. 85-5844.
No. 85-5846.
No. 85-5867.
No. 85-5880.
Austin v. Tennessee. Penry v. Texas. Hatch v. Oklahoma. Hooper v. Arizona. Smith v. Montana. Cartwright v. Oklahoma. Martin v. Ohio. Jones v. Smith, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections.

Ct. Crim. App. Tenn.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

Sup. Ct. Ariz.;

Sup. Ct. Mont.;

Sup. Ct. Ohio; and

C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 85-5058, 691 S. W. 2d 636 ; No. 85-5126, 701 P. 2d 1039 ; No. 85-5705, 145 Ariz. 538 , 703 P. 2d 482 ; No. 85-5844,-Mont.-and-, 705 P. 2d 1087 and 1110; No. 85-5846, 708 P. 2d 592 ; No. 85-5867, 19 Ohio St. 3d 122 , 483 N. E. 2d 1157 ; No. 85-5880, 772 F. 2d 668 .

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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