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Smith v. Dugger

493 U.S. 1064 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1990-02-08 Docket No. A-537 (89-6347) English

Judges Justice Blackmun and Justice Stevens would grant the application.

Decision Majority (1) · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1064
February 8, 1990
No. A-537 (89-6347).
Smith v. Dugger, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al.

C. A. 11th Cir. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice Kennedy, and by him referred to the Court,

Dissent — Brennan J.

p. 1065
denied.

Justice Blackmun and Justice Stevens would grant the application.

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 the application for stay of execution and the petition for writ of certiorari and would vacate the death sentence in this case.

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