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Cannon v. Texas

474 U.S. 1110 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1986-01-27 Docket No. 85-5687; No. 85-5825; No. 85-5946 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1110
No. 85-5687.
No. 85-5825.
No. 85-5946.
Cannon v. Texas. Nethery v. Texas. Perez v. Illinois.

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; and

Sup. Ct. Ill. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 85-5687, 691 S. W. 2d 664 ; No. 85-5825, 692 S. W. 2d 686 ; No. 85-5946, 108 Ill. 2d 70 , 483 N. E. 2d 250 .

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 sentehces in these cases.

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