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Jones v. Butler

484 U.S. 1047 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1988-01-25 Docket No. 87-5699; No. 87-5821; No. 87-5968; No. 87-5973; No. 87-5985 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

Contents
p. 1047
No. 87-5699.
Jones v. Butler, Warden. Jester v. Ohio. Morales v. Ohio. Schneider v. Missouri. Zuern v. Ohio.
No. 87-5821.
No. 87-5968.
No. 87-5973.
No. 87-5985.

Sup. Ct. La.;

Sup. Ct. Ohio;

Sup. Ct. Mo.; and

Sup. Ct. Ohio. 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 eases.

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