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Boyd v. Alabama

493 U.S. 883 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1989-10-02 Docket No. 89-5053 English

Judges Justice White would grant certiorari.

Decision Majority (1) · Dissent — Brennan J.

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No. 89-5053.
Boyd v. Alabama.

Sup. Ct. Ala. Certiorari denied.

Justice White would grant certiorari.

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 sentence in this case.

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