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Hulsey v. Sargent

493 U.S. 923 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1989-10-16 Docket No. 89-48; No. 89-5068; No. 89-5117; No. 89-5397; No. 89-5421 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 923
No. 89-48.
No. 89-5068.
No. 89-5117.
No. 89-5397.
No. 89-5421.
Hulsey v. Sargent, Warden. Banda v. Texas. Clark v. New Mexico. Magwood v. Alabama. Rogers v. Kemp, Warden.

C. A. 8th Cir.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. N. M.;

Sup. Ct. Ala.; and

Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 89-48, 865 F. 2d 954 ; No. 89-5068, 768 S. W. 2d 294 ; No. 89-5117, 108 N. M. 288 , 772 P. 2d 322 ; No. 89-5397, 548 So. 2d 516 .

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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