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Poyner v. Virginia

474 U.S. 888 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1985-10-07 Docket No. 85-5102 English

Judges Justice Brennan would grant certiorari.

Decision Majority (1) · Dissent — Marshall J.

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p. 888
No. 85-5102.
Poyner v. Virginia.

Sup. Ct. Va. Certiorari denied.

Justice Brennan would grant certiorari.

dissenting.

Adhering to my view 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 , 231 (1976), I would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentence in this case.

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