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Skaggs v. Kentucky

476 U.S. 1130 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1986-05-19 Docket No. 85-5793; No. 85-6525; No. 85-6630; No. 85-6631 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1130
No. 85-5793.
No. 85-6525.
No. 85-6630.
No. 85-6631.
Skaggs v. Kentucky (two cases). Johnson v. Tennessee. Rogers, aka Heyduk v. Nevada. Farmer v. Nevada.

Sup. Ct. Ky.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

Sup. Ct. Nev.; and

Sup. Ct. Nev. 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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