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Clozza v. Bair

484 U.S. 933 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1987-11-02 Docket No. 86-6960; No. 87-5256; No. 87-5257; No. 87-5414; No. 87-5427; No. 87-5433; No. 87-5445; No. 87-5451; No. 87-5469; No. 87-5493; No. 87-5627; No. 87-5638 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

Contents
p. 933
No. 86-6960.
Clozza v. Bair, Warden. Peterson v. Bass, Warden. Whitehead v. Illinois. Peoples v. Alabama. Liles v. Oklahoma. Guinan v. Missouri. Payne v. Virginia. Rose v. Dugger, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections. Gilmore v. Missouri. Mallett v. Missouri. Selvage v. Lynaugh, Director, Texas Department of Corrections. Bell v. Lynaugh, Director, Texas Department of Corrections.
No. 87-5256.
No. 87-5257.
No. 87-5414.
No. 87-5427.
No. 87-5433.
No. 87-5445.
No. 87-5451.
No. 87-5469.
No. 87-5493.
No. 87-5627.
No. 87-5638.

Sup. Ct. Va.;

Sup. Ct. Ill.;

Sup. Ct. Ala.;

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

Sup. Ct. Mo.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Ct. App. Mo., Eastern Dist.;

C. A. 5th Cir.; and

C. A. 5th 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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