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James v. Oklahoma

484 U.S. 970 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1987-11-30 Docket No. 87-5354; No. 87-5482; No. 87-5567; No. 87-5568; No. 87-5607; No. 87-5688 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

Contents
p. 970
No. 87-5354.
James v. Oklahoma. Childs v. Georgia. Brown v. North Carolina. Carter v. Texas. Halvorsen v. Kentucky. Snow v. Sumner, Director, Nevada Department of Prisons.
No. 87-5482.
No. 87-5567.
No. 87-5568.
No. 87-5607.
No. 87-5688.

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. N. C.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Ky.; and

Sup. Ct. Nev. . 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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