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Copeland v. Louisiana

489 U.S. 1091 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1989-03-20 Docket No. 88-5961; No. 88-6148; No. 88-6150; No. 88-6203; No. 88-6350; No. 88-6361; No. 88-6365; No. 88-6393; No. 88-6424; No. 88-6530; No. 88-6655 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1091
No. 88-5961.
No. 88-6148.
No. 88-6150.
No. 88-6203.
No. 88-6350.
No. 88-6361.
No. 88-6365.
No. 88-6393.
No. 88-6424.
No. 88-6530.
No. 88-6655.
Copeland v. Louisiana. Earvin v. Lynaugh, Director, Texas Department of Corrections. Barber v. Texas. Matthews v. South Carolina. Jennings v. California. Johnson v. Tennessee. Bell v. Tennessee. Woomer v. Aiken, Warden, et al. Moore v. Zant, Warden. Holland v. Texas. Stevens v. Nevada.

Sup. Ct. La.;

C. A. 5th Cir.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. S. C.;

Sup. Ct. Cal.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

C. A. 4th Cir.;

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; and

Sup. Ct. Nev. Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 88-5961, 530 So. 2d 526 ; No. 88-6148, 860 F. 2d 623 ; No. 88-6150, 757 S. W. 2d 359 ; No. 88-6203, 296 S. C. 379 , 373 S. E'. 2d 587 ; No. 88-6350, 46 Cal. 3d -963, 760 P. 2d 475 ; No. 88-6361, 762 S. W. 2d 110 ; No. 88-6365, 745 S. W. 2d 858 and 759 S. W. 2d 651 ; No. 88-6393, 856 F. 2d 677 ; No. 88-6530, 761 S. W. 2d 307 ; No. 88-6655, 104 Nev. 867 .

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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