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Cape v. Francis

474 U.S. 911 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1985-10-15 Docket No. 84-6962; No. 84-6975; No. 85-5171 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 911
No. 84-6962.
No. 84-6975.
No. 85-5171.
Cape v. Francis, Warden. Alderman v. Georgia. Wilson v. Louisiana.

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.; and

Sup. Ct. La. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 84-6962, 741 F. 2d 1287 ; No. 84-6975, 254 Ga. 206 , 327 S. E. 2d 168 ; No. 85-5171, 467 So. 2d 503 .

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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