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Bundy v. Florida

476 U.S. 1109 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1986-05-05 Docket No. 85-6276; No. 85-6325; No. 85-6511; No. 85-6512; No. 85-6554 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1109
No. 85-6276.
No. 85-6325.
No. 85-6511.
No. 85-6512.
No. 85-6554.
Bundy v. Florida. Johnson v. Mississippi. Adams v. Aiken, Warden, et al. Spann v. South Carolina. Young v. Missouri.

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Miss.;

Ct. Common Pleas of York County, S. C.;

Ct. Common Pleas of York County, S. C.; and

Sup. Ct. Mo. 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 sentences in these cases.

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