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Kyles v. Louisiana

486 U.S. 1027 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1988-05-23 Docket No. 87-6096; No. 87-6602 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1027
No. 87-6096.
No. 87-6602.
Kyles v. Louisiana. Gates v. California.

Sup. Ct. La.; and

Sup. Ct. Cal. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 87-6096, 513 So. 2d 265 ; No. 87-6602, 43 Cal. 3d 1168 , 743 P. 2d 301 .

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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