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Whitley v. Bair

474 U.S. 989 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1985-11-12 Docket No. 85-5448 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 989
No. 85-5448.
Whitley v. Bair, Warden.

Sup. Ct. Va. Certiorari denied.

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 sentence in this case.

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