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Smith v. Oklahoma

484 U.S. 959 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1987-11-16 Docket No. 87-5528; No. 87-5538; No. 87-5562 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 959
No. 87-5528.
Smith v. Oklahoma. Jones v. Bair, Superintendent, Mecklenburg Correctional Center. Zuniga v. North Carolina.
No. 87-5538.
No. 87-5562.

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

Sup. Ct. Va.; and

Sup. Ct. N. C. 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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