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Williamson v. Florida

485 U.S. 929 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1988-02-29 Docket No. 87-5834; No. 87-5860; No. 87-5976; No. 87-6150; No. 87-6158; No. 87-6159; No. 87-6203; No. 87-6212 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 929
No. 87-5834.
No. 87-5860.
No. 87-5976.
No. 87-6150.
No. 87-6158.
No. 87-6159.
No. 87-6203.
No. 87-6212.
Williamson v. Florida. Barnard v. Texas. Clayton v. Pennsylvania. Ghent v. California. Hays v. Alabama. Davis v. Kemp, Warden. Kight v. Florida. DeLong v. Virginia.

Sup. Ct. Fla.; Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; Sup. Ct. Pa.; Sup. Ct. Cal.; Sup. Ct. Ala.; C. A. 11th Cir.; Sup. Ct. Fla.; and Sup. Ct. Va. 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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