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Hooks v. Ohio

490 U.S. 1012 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1989-04-03 Docket No. 88-6093; No. 88-6318; No. 88-6562; No. 88-6577; No. 88-6626 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1012
No. 88-6093.
Hooks v. Ohio. Esparza v. Ohio. Hance v. Zant, Superintendent, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center at Jackson. Morrison v. Georgia. Karis v. California.
No. 88-6318.
No. 88-6562.
No. 88-6577.
No. 88-6626.

Sup. Ct. Ohio; Sup. Ct. Ohio; Sup. Ct. Ga.; Sup. Ct. Ga.; 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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