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Prejean v. Blackburn

492 U.S. 925 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1989-07-03 Docket No. 85-5609; No. 86-6023; No. 87-6406; No. 88-1154; No. 88-5189; No. 88-5237; No. 88-5437; No. 88-5581; No. 88-5749; No. 88-5953; No. 88-6315; No. 88-6585; No. 88-6611; No. 88-6838; No. 88-7013; No. 88-7138; No. 88-7242; No. 88-7394 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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Majority

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No. 85-5609.
No. 86-6023.
No. 87-6406.
No. 88-1154.
No. 88-5189.
No. 88-5237.
No. 88-5437.
No. 88-5581.
No. 88-5749.
No. 88-5953.
No. 88-6315.
No. 88-6585.
No. 88-6611.
No. 88-6838.
No. 88-7013.
No. 88-7138.
No. 88-7242.
No. 88-7394.
Prejean v. Blackburn, Warden. Kunkle v. Texas. Williams v. Lynaugh, Director, Texas Department of Corrections. Monroe v. Butler, Warden. Crews v. Illinois. Guerra v. Texas. Williams v. Georgia. Poggi v. California. Holloway v. Ohio. Mackall v. Virginia. Bell v. Lynaugh, Director, Texas Department of Corrections. Fetterly v. Idaho. LeCroy v. Florida. Perillo v. Texas. Kelly v. Lynaugh, Director, Texas Department of Corrections. Gillard v. Ohio. Stout v. Virginia. Nguyen v. Oklahoma.

C. A. 5th Cir.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Crim. Dist. Ct. La., Parish of Orleans;

Sup. Ct. Ill.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Cal.;

Sup. Ct. Ohio;

Sup. Ct. Va.;

Sup. Ct. Idaho;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Va.; and

Ct. Crim. App. Okla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 85-5609, 743 F. 2d 1091 and 765 F. 2d 482 ; No. 86-6023, 771 S. W. 2d 435 ; No. 87-6406, 837 F. 2d 1294 ; No. 88-5189, 122 Ill. 2d 266 , 522 N. E. 2d 1167 ; No. 88-5237, 771 S. W. 2d 453 ; No. 88-5437, 258 Ga. 281 , 368 S. E. 2d 742 ; No. 88-5581, 45 Cal. 3d 306 , 753 P. 2d 1082 ; No. 88-5749, 38 Ohio St. 3d 239 , 527 N. E. 2d 831 ; No. 88-5953, 236 Va. 240 , 372 S. E. 2d 759 ; -No. 88-6315, 858

Dissent — Brennan J.

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88-6585, 115 Idaho 231 , 766 P. 2d 701 ; No. 88-6611, 533 So. 2d 750 ; No. 88-6838, 758 S. W. 2d 567 ; No. 88-7013, 862 F. 2d 1126 ; No. 88-7138, 40 Ohio St. 3d 226 , 533 N. E. 2d 272 ; No. 88-7242, 237 Va. 126 , 376 S. E. 2d 288 ; No. 88-7394, 769 P. 2d 167 .

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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