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Esquivel v. McCotter

475 U.S. 1132 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1986-04-21 Docket No. 85-6299; No. 85-6365 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1132
No. 85-6299.
No. 85-6365.
Esquivel v. McCotter, Director, Texas Department of Corrections. Quince v. Florida.

C. A. 5th Cir.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 85-6299, 777 F. 2d 956 ; No. 85-6365, 477 So. 2d 535 .

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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