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McDowell v. Sumner

490 U.S. 1059 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1989-05-01 Docket No. 88-6588; No. 88-6650; No. 88-6716 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1059
No. 88-6588.
No. 88-6650.
No. 88-6716.
McDowell v. California. Purtell v. Texas.
Nevius v. Sumner, Director, Nevada Department of Prisons, et al.

Sup. Ct. Cal.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; and

C. A. 9th Cir. 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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