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White v. Texas

495 U.S. 962 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1990-05-29 Docket No. 89-6264; No. 89-6814; No. 89-6841; No. 89-6875; No. 89-6882; No. 89-7048 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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Majority

p. 962
No. 89-6264.
No. 89-6814.
White v. Texas. Stewart v. Dugger, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections.

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

C. A. 11th Cir.;

Dissent — Brennan J.

p. 963
Valdez v. Texas. Bell v. California. Roberts v. Georgia. Cargill v. Zant, Warden.

No. 89-6841.

No. 89-6875.

No. 89-6882.

No. 89-7048.

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Cal.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.; and

Sup. Ct. Ga. 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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