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Foster v. Georgia

490 U.S. 1085 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1989-05-22 Docket No. 88-6804; No. 88-6828; No. 88-6931; No. 88-7045 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1085
No. 88-6804.
Foster v. Georgia. Gacy v. Illinois. Poe v. Tennessee. and Grubbs v. Missouri.
No. 88-6828.
No. 88-6931.
No. 88-7045.

Sup. Ct. Ga.; Sup. Ct. 111.; Sup. Ct. Tenn.; Sup. Ct. Mo. 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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