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Rougeau v. Texas

485 U.S. 1029 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1988-04-25 Docket No. 87-6260; No. 87-6522; No. 87-6554 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1029
No. 87-6260.
No. 87-6522.
No. 87-6554.
Rougeau v. Texas. Messer v. Zant, Warden. Oliver v. North Carolina.

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; C. A. 11th Cir.; and Gen. Ct. Justice, Super. Ct. Div., Robeson County, 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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