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Sanchez v. Illinois

483 U.S. 1010 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1987-06-22 Docket No. 86-1599; No. 86-1754; No. 86-6436; No. 86-6491; No. 86-6654; No. 86-6823; No. 86-6944; No. 86-6984 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1010
No. 86-1599.
No. 86-1754.
No. 86-6436.
No. 86-6491.
No. 86-6654.
No. 86-6823.
No. 86-6944.
No. 86-6984.
Sanchez v. Illinois. Evans v. Bair, Warden. DeHart v. Pennsylvania. Jackson v. Florida. Guest v. Illinois. Jackson v. Alabama. Bannister v. Missouri. Ritter v. Smith, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, et al.

Sup. Ct. Ill.; Cir. Ct. Alexandria, Va.; Sup. Ct. Pa.; Sup. Ct. Fla.; Sup. Ct. Ill.; Ct. Crim. App. Ala.; Ct. App. Mo., Southern Dist.; and C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari 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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