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Joubert v. Nebraska

484 U.S. 905 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1987-10-13 Docket No. 86-7162; No. 87-5048; No. 87-5082; No. 87-5083; No. 87-5360 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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Majority

p. 905
No. 86-7162.
Joubert v. Nebraska. Hall v. Dugger, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Horton v. Georgia. Gardner v. Texas. Duren v. Alabama.
No. 87-5048.
No. 87-5082.
No. 87-5083.
No. 87-5360.

Sup. Ct. Neb.;

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; and

Sup. Ct. Ala. 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 ,

Dissent — Brennan J.

p. 906
227, 231 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.

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