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Demouchette v. Texas

482 U.S. 920 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1987-06-08 Docket No. 86-6216; No. 86-6711; No. 86-6731; No. 86-6747; No. 86-6795 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 920
No. 86-6216.
No. 86-6711.
No. 86-6731.
No. 86-6747.
No. 86-6795.
Demouchette v. Texas. Tarver v. Alabama. Schlup v. Missouri. Terry v. Pennsylvania. Jackson v. Florida.

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Ala.;

Sup. Ct. Mo.;

Sup. Ct. Pa.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 86-6216, 731 S. W. 2d 75 ; No. 86-6711, 500 So. 2d 1256 ; No. 86-6731, 724 S. W. 2d 236 ; No. 86-6747, 513 Pa. 381 , 521 A. 2d 398 ; No. 86-6795, 502 So. 2d 409 .

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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