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Bean v. California

494 U.S. 1038 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1990-03-19 Docket No. 88-6881; No. 88-7133; No. 88-7246; No. 88-7488; No. 88-7562; No. 89-5201; No. 89-5257; No. 89-5444; No. 89-5515; No. 89-5621; No. 89-5892; No. 89-5898; No. 89-5997; No. 89-5998; No. 89-6181; No. 89-6194; No. 89-6213; No. 89-6253; No. 89-6284; No. 89-6322; No. 89-6342; No. 89-6532; No. 89-6547; No. 89-6584 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

Contents
p. 1038
No. 88-6881.
No. 88-7133.
No. 88-7246.
No. 88-7488.
No. 88-7562.
No. 89-5201.
No. 89-5257.
No. 89-5444.
No. 89-5515.
No. 89-5621.
Bean v. California. Sup. Ct. Cal.; Adcox v. California. Sup. Ct. Cal.; Frey v. Pennsylvania. Sup. Ct. Pa.; Walker v. California. Sup. Ct. Cal.; Kimble v. Vasquez, Warden. Sup. Ct. Cal.; Coleman v. California. Sup. Ct. Cal.; Johnson v. California. Sup. Ct. Cal.; Bonin v. California. Sup. Ct. Cal.; Hicks v. Ohio. Sup. Ct. Ohio; Grant v. Vasquez, Warden. Sup. Ct. Cal.;
p. 1039
Silva v. California. Sup. Ct. Cal.; Burton v. California. Sup. Ct. Cal.; McDowell v. California. Sup. Ct. Cal.; Hamilton v. California. Sup. Ct. Cal.; McCormick v. Tennessee. Sup. Ct. Tenn.; Bloom v. California. Sup. Ct. Cal.; Lucky v. Vasquez, Warden. Sup. Ct. Cal.; Massie v. Hennessey et al. C. A. 9th Cir.; Johnson v. Ohio. Sup. Ct. Ohio; Foster v. Texas. Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; Robbins v. California. Sup. Ct. Cal.; Summerlin v. Arizona. Super. Ct. Ariz., Maricopa County; Lightbourne v. Dugger, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections. Sup. Ct. Fla.; and Roberts v. Missouri. Sup. Ct. Mo.
No. 89-5892.
No. 89-5898.
No. 89-5997.
No. 89-5998.
No. 89-6181.
No. 89-6194.
No. 89-6213.
No. 89-6253.
No. 89-6284.
No. 89-6322.
No. 89-6342.
No. 89-6532.
No. 89-6547.
No. 89-6584.

Certiorari denied.

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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