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Jones v. South Carolina

494 U.S. 1060 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1990-03-26 Docket No. 88-7459; No. 88-7461; No. 88-7555; No. 89-5208; No. 89-5478; No. 89-5624; No. 89-6003; No. 89-6383; No. 89-6385; No. 89-6419; No. 89-6538; No. 89-6571; No. 89-6608; No. 89-6653; No. 89-6785 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1060
No. 88-7459.
No. 88-7461.
No. 88-7555.
No. 89-5208.
No. 89-5478.
No. 89-5624.
No. 89-6003.
No. 89-6383.
No. 89-6385.
No. 89-6419.
No. 89-6538.
No. 89-6571.
No. 89-6608.
No. 89-6653.
No. 89-6785.
Jones v. South Carolina. Sup. Ct. S. C.; Woomer v. Evatt, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. Sup. Ct. S. C.; Roe v. Ohio. Sup. Ct. Ohio; McGee v. Texas. Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; Moore v. Kentucky. Sup. Ct. Ky.; Smith v. South Carolina. Sup. Ct. S. C.; Strong v. Pennsylvania. Sup. Ct. Pa.; Andrews v. California. Sup. Ct. Cal.; Fowler v. Oklahoma. Ct. Crim. App. Okla.; Brewer v. Oklahoma. Ct. Crim. App. Okla.; Fierro v. Collins, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. C. A. 5th Cir.; Sloan v. Missouri. Sup. Ct. Mo.; Fox v. Oklahoma. Ct. Crim. App. Okla.; Walls v. Missouri. Sup. Ct. Mo.; and Heishman v. California. Sup. Ct. Cal.

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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