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Spreitzer v. Illinois

488 U.S. 917 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1988-10-17 Docket No. 88-5173; No. 88-5193; No. 88-5432 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 917
No. 88-5173.
No. 88-5193.
No. 88-5432.
Spreitzer v. Illinois. Enoch v. Illinois. Odle v. California.

Sup. Ct. 111.; Sup. Ct. 111.; 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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