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Peek v. Kemp

479 U.S. 939 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1986-11-03 Docket No. 85-7111 English

Judges Justice Blackmun would grant certiorari and set case for oral argument.

Decision Majority (1) · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 939
No. 85-7111.
Peek v. Kemp, Warden.

C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.

Justice Blackmun would grant certiorari and set case for oral argument.

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 sentence in this case.

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