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Lindsey v. Smith

489 U.S. 1059 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1989-02-27 Docket No. 87-5617; No. 87-6740; No. 87-7103; No. 88-5082; No. 88-5473; No. 88-5687; No. 88-5828; No. 88-6237; No. 88-6310; No. 88-6383; No. 88-6410 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1059
No. 87-5617.
No. 87-6740.
No. 87-7103.
No. 88-5082.
No. 88-5473.
No. 88-5687.
No. 88-5828.
No. 88-6237.
No. 88-6310.
No. 88-6383.
No. 88-6410.
Lindsey v. Smith, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, et al. Davis v. Illinois. Simmons v. Kentucky. Willis v. Zant, Superintendent, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center. Horsley v. Alabama. Edwards v. Black, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections, et al. Dunkins v. Thigpen, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, et al. Cunningham v. Zant, Warden. Brown v. California. Kirkpatrick v. California. Nave v. Missouri.

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Ill.;

Sup. Ct. Ky.;

Ct. Crim. App. Ala.;

C. A. 5th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Cal.;

Sup. Ct. Cal.; and

Ct. App. Mo., Eastern Dist. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 87-5617, 820 F. 2d 1137 ; No. 87-6740, 119 Ill. 2d 61 , 518 N. E. 2d 78 ; No. 87-7103, 746 S. W. 2d 393 ; No. 88-5082, 838 F. 2d 1510 ; No. 88-5473, 527 So. 2d 1355 ; No. 88-5687, 849 F. 2d 204 ; No. 88-5828, 854 F. 2d 394 ; No. 88-6310, 46 Cal. 3d 432 , 758 P. 2d 1135 ; No. 88-6410, 757 S. W. 2d 249 .

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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