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Harris v. Washington

490 U.S. 1075 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1989-05-15 Docket No. 88-6516; No. 88-6642; No. 88-6666; No. 88-6789; No. 88-6810; No. 88-6812; No. 88-6860; No. 88-6891 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

Contents
p. 1075
No. 88-6516.
Harris v. Washington. Albanese v. Illinois. Chandler v. Florida. Zeitvogel v. Missouri. Lee v. Georgia. Broom v. Ohio. Snell v. Arkansas. and Jones v. Butler, Warden.
No. 88-6642.
No. 88-6666.
No. 88-6789.
No. 88-6810.
No. 88-6812.
No. 88-6860.
No. 88-6891.

Sup. Ct. Wash.;

Sup. Ct. Ill.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Ct. App. Mo., Western Dist.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Ohio;

Sup. Ct. Ark.;

C. A. 5th 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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