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Wiley v. Mississippi

486 U.S. 1036 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1988-05-31 Docket No. 87-1520; No. 87-6472; No. 87-6686; No. 87-6744; No. 87-6758 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1036
No. 87-1520.
No. 87-6472.
No. 87-6686.
No. 87-6744.
No. 87-6758.
Wiley v. Mississippi. Banks v. Oklahoma. Bell v. Alabama. Musgrove v. Alabama. Collier v. Nevada.

Sup. Ct. Miss.;

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

Ct. Crim. App. Ala.;

Sup. Ct. Ala.; and

Sup. Ct. Nev. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 87-1520, 517 So. 2d 1373 ; No. 87-6686, 518 So. 2d 840 ; No. 87-6744, 519 So. 2d 586 ; No. 87-6758, 103 Nev. 563 , 747 P. 2d 225 .

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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