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Soffar v. Texas

493 U.S. 900 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1989-10-10 Docket No. 87-7191; No. 88-7465; No. 89-219; No. 89-5083; No. 89-5110; No. 89-5193; No. 89-5245; No. 89-5256; No. 89-5442; No. 89-5496 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 900
No. 87-7191.
No. 88-7465.
No. 89-219.
No. 89-5083.
No. 89-5110.
No. 89-5193.
No. 89-5245.
No. 89-5256.
No. 89-5442.
No. 89-5496.
Soffar v. Texas. Underwood v. Indiana. Brown v. Alabama. Williams v. Texas. Lingar v. Missouri. Kennedy v. Alabama. Julius v. Jones, Warden. Guinan v. Missouri. DeLuna v. Lynaugh, Director, Texas Department of Corrections. Cochran v. Alabama.

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Ind.;

Sup. Ct. Ala.;

Sup. Ct. Mo.;

Ct. Crim. App. Ala.;

C. A. 11th Cir.;

C. A. 5th Cir.; and

Ct. Crim. App. Ala. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 87-7191, 742 S. W. 2d 371 ; No. 88-7465, 535 N. E. 2d 507 ; No. 89-219, 545 So. 2d 122 ; No. 89-5083, 773 S. W. 2d 525 ; No. 89-5110, 766 S. W. 2d 640 ; No. 89-5193, 545 So. 2d 214 ; No. 89-5245, 875 F. 2d 1520 ; No. 89-5256, 769 S. W. 2d 427 ; No. 89-5442, 873 F. 2d 757 ; No. 89-5496, 548 So. 2d 1062 .

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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