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Mays v. Texas

484 U.S. 1079 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1988-02-22 Docket No. 87-5575; No. 87-5717; No. 87-5799; No. 87-5873; No. 87-5989; No. 87-6014; No. 87-6019; No. 87-6044; No. 87-6132; No. 87-6172 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

Contents
p. 1079
No. 87-5575.
Mays v. Texas. Griffin v. Lynaugh, Director, Texas Department of Corrections. Macias v. Texas. Wilson v. Butler, Warden. Drayton v. South Carolina. Shurn v. Illinois. Stumpf v. Ohio. Diaz v. Florida. Ford v. Alabama. Jennings v. Florida.
No. 87-5717.
No. 87-5799.
No. 87-5873.
No. 87-5989.
No. 87-6014.
No. 87-6019.
No. 87-6044.
No. 87-6132.
No. 87-6172.

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

C. A. 5th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. S. C.;

Sup. Ct. Ill.;

Sup. Ct. Ohio;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Ala.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. 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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