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Evans v. Cabana

483 U.S. 1035 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1987-07-07 Docket No. 87-5070 English

Judges Justice O’Connor took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.

Decision Majority (1) · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1035
No. 87-5070.
Evans v. Cabana, Acting Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections.

C. A. 5th Cir. Certio-

rari denied.

Justice O’Connor took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.

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.

p. 1036
227, 231 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentence in this ease.

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