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Gardner v. Texas

488 U.S. 1034 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1989-01-17 Docket No. 87-6895; No. 88-5723; No. 88-5733; No. 88-5868; No. 88-5881; No. 88-5899; No. 88-5908; No. 88-5924 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1034
No. 87-6895.
No. 88-5723.
No. 88-5733.
No. 88-5868.
No. 88-5881.
No. 88-5899.
No. 88-5908.
No. 88-5924.
Gardner v. Texas. Wright v. Tennessee. Lucky v. California. Belmontes v. California. Bundy v. Dugger, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections. Davis v. Ohio. Robbins v. California. Babbitt v. California.

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

Sup. Ct. Cal.;

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Ohio;

Sup. Ct. Cal.; and

Sup. Ct. Cal. 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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