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Davis v. Oklahoma

475 U.S. 1098 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1986-03-31 Docket No. 84-6778; No. 85-5053; No. 85-5553; No. 85-5651; No. 85-5833; No. 85-6168; No. 85-6228; No. 85-6342; No. 85-6382 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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Majority

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No. 84-6778.
No. 85-5053.
No. 85-5553.
No. 85-5651.
No. 85-5833.
No. 85-6168.
No. 85-6228.
No. 85-6342.
No. 85-6382.
Davis v. Oklahoma. Dougan v. Florida. Kenley v. Missouri. Lowery v. Indiana. Nave v. Missouri. Billiot v. Mississippi. Hooper v. Florida. Wilcher v. Mississippi. Woomer v. Aiken, Warden.

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Mo.;

Sup. Ct. Ind.;

Sup. Ct. Miss.;

Sup. Ct. Miss.; and

Sup. Ct. S. C. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 85-5053, 470 So. 2d 697 ; No. 85-5553, 693 S. W. 2d 79 ; No. 85-5651, 478 N.

Dissent — Brennan J.

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1214 ; No. 85-5833, 694 S. W. 2d 729 ; No. 85-6168, 478 So. 2d 1043 ; No. 85-6228, 476 So. 2d 1253 ; No. 85-6342, 479 So. 2d 710 .

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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