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Eaton v. Louisiana

488 U.S. 1019 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1989-01-09 Docket No. 88-5271; No. 88-5600; No. 88-5670; No. 88-5684; No. 88-5751; No. 88-5753; No. 88-5756; No. 88-5759; No. 88-5763; No. 88-5777; No. 88-5880; No. 88-5915; No. 88-6042 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1019
No. 88-5271.
No. 88-5600.
No. 88-5670.
No. 88-5684.
No. 88-5751.
No. 88-5753.
No. 88-5756.
No. 88-5759.
No. 88-5763.
No. 88-5777.
No. 88-5880.
No. 88-5915.
No. 88-6042.
Eaton v. Louisiana. Gilliard v. Scroggy, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections, et al. Lonchar v. Georgia. Nichols v. Texas. Van Cleave v. Indiana. Mathenia v. Missouri. Munson v. Oklahoma. King v. Lynaugh, Director, Texas Department of Corrections. Silva v. California. Siripongs v. California. Singleton v. Thigpen, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections. Stokes v. Armontrout, Warden, et al. Smith v. Missouri.

Sup. Ct. La.;

C. A. 5th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Ind.;

Ct. App. Mo., Eastern Dist.;

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

Sup. Ct. Cal;

Sup. Ct. Cal.;

C. A. 11th Cir.';

C. A. 8th Cir.; and

Sup. Ct. Mo. 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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