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Frey v. Pennsylvania

481 U.S. 1007 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1987-04-06 Docket No. 86-6208; No. 86-6334; No. 86-6355; No. 86-6372; No. 86-6470 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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No. 86-6208.
No. 86-6334.
No. 86-6355.
No. 86-6372.
No. 86-6470.
Frey v. Pennsylvania. Mann v. Texas. Kubat v. Illinois. Zettlemoyer v. Pennsylvania. Morrison v. Alabama.

Sup. Ct. Pa.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Ill.;

Super. Ct. Pa.; and

Sup. Ct. Ala. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 86-6208, 512 Pa. 557 , 517 A. 2d 1265 ; No. 86-6334, 718 S. W. 2d 741 ; No. 86-6355, 114 Ill. 2d 424 , 501 N. E. 2d 111 ; No. 86-6372, 359 Pa. Super. 631 , 515 A. 2d 620 ; No. 86-6470, 500 So. 2d 57 .

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 ,

Dissent — Brennan J.

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227, 231 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.

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