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Davis v. Mississippi

494 U.S. 1074 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1990-04-02 Docket No. 89-6333; No. 89-6477; No. 89-6518; No. 89-6609; No. 89-6624; No. 89-6633; No. 89-6660; No. 89-6822 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1074
No. 89-6333.
No. 89-6477.
No. 89-6518.
No. 89-6609.
No. 89-6624.
No. 89-6633.
No. 89-6660.
No. 89-6822.
Davis v. Mississippi. Sup. Ct. Miss.; Brisbon v. Illinois. Sup. Ct. Ill.; Lindsey v. Louisiana. Sup. Ct. La.; Watkins v. Virginia. Sup. Ct. Va.; Hicks v. Kemp, Warden. Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County; Spivey v. Kemp, Warden. Sup. Ct. Ga.; Wilcoxson v. Tennessee. Sup. Ct. Tenn.; and Parker v. Dugger, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al.

C. A. 11th Cir. 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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