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Benner v. Ohio

494 U.S. 1090 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1990-04-16 Docket No. 88-7100; No. 89-5167; No. 89-5277; No. 89-5331; No. 89-5485; No. 89-5686; No. 89-5737; No. 89-6144; No. 89-6148; No. 89-6302; No. 89-6330; No. 89-6694; No. 89-6745; No. 89-7005 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1090
No. 88-7100.
No. 89-5167.
No. 89-5277.
No. 89-5331.
No. 89-5485.
No. 89-5686.
No. 89-5737.
No. 89-6144.
No. 89-6148.
No. 89-6302.
No. 89-6330.
No. 89-6694.
No. 89-6745.
No. 89-7005.
Benner v. Ohio. Sup. Ct. Ohio; Tafero v. Dugger, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, C. A. 11th Cir.; Demps v. Dugger, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections. C. A. 11th Cir.; Alvord v. Dugger, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections. Sup. Ct. Fla.; Cherry v. Florida. Sup. Ct. Fla.; Allison v. California. Sup. Ct. Cal.; Coleman v. Saffle, Warden, et al. C. A. 10th Cir.; Prejean v. Smith, Warden, et al. (two cases). Sup. Ct. La.; Prejean v. Smith, Warden. C. A. 5th Cir.; Williams v. Kemp, Warden. C. A. 11th Cir.; Dickerson v. Ohio. Sup. Ct. Ohio; Gardner v. Utah. Sup. Ct. Utah; Tarver v. Alabama. Sup. Ct. Ala.; and Harris v. Texas.

Ct. Crim. App. Tex. 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 eases.

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