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Duhamel v. Texas

480 U.S. 926 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1987-03-09 Docket No. 86-6082; No. 86-6101; No. 86-6129; No. 86-6171; No. 86-6201 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 926
No. 86-6082.
No. 86-6101.
No. 86-6129.
No. 86-6171.
No. 86-6201.
Duhamel v. Texas. Barnes v. Ohio. Ellis v. Texas. O’Neal v. Missouri. Neelley v. Alabama.

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Ohio;

Sup. Ct. Mo.; and

Sup. Ct. Ala. Certio-rari 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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