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Glenn v. Ohio

482 U.S. 931 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1987-06-15 Docket No. 86-6685; No. 86-6727; No. 86-6732; No. 86-6768; No. 86-6827; No. 86-6903 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 931
No. 86-6685.
No. 86-6727.
No. 86-6732.
No. 86-6768.
No. 86-6827.
No. 86-6903.
Glenn v. Ohio. Correll v. Virginia. Pruett v. Virginia. Lucas v. Aiken, Warden, et al. Hicks v. Georgia. Grubbs v. Missouri.

Sup. Ct. Ohio;

Sup. Ct. Va.;

Ct. Common Pleas of York County, S. C.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.; and

Sup. Ct. Mo. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 86-6685, 28 Ohio St. 3d 451 , 504 N. E. 2d 701 ; No. 86-6727, 232 Va. 454 , 352 S. E. 2d 352 ; No. 86-6732, 232 Va. 266 , 351 S. E. 2d 1 ; No. 86-6827, 256 Ga. 715 , 352 S. E. 2d 762 ; No. 86-6903, 724 S. W. 2d 494 .

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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