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Celestine v. Blackburn

476 U.S. 1164 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1986-06-02 Docket No. 85-5466; No. 85-5491; No. 85-5564; No. 85-5607; No. 85-5640; No. 85-5736; No. 85-5852; No. 85-6676; No. 85-6692 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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Majority

p. 1164
No. 85-5466.
No. 85-5491.
No. 85-5564.
No. 85-5607.
No. 85-5640.
Celestine v. Blackburn, Warden. Houston v. Tennessee. Cabello v. Mississippi. Bowden v. Kemp, Warden. Liles v. Oklahoma.

C. A. 5th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

Sup. Ct. Miss.;

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

Dissent — Brennan J.

p. 1165
McDowell v. North Carolina. Malone v. Missouri. Neal v. Illinois. Brown v. North Carolina.

No. 85-5736.

No. 85-5852.

No. 85-6676.

No. 85-6692.

Super. Ct. N. C., Lee County;

Sup. Ct. Mo.;

Sup. Ct. 111.; and

Sup. Ct. N. C. 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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