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Cain v. South Carolina

497 U.S. 1010 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1990-06-25 Docket No. 88-7318; No. 88-7432; No. 89-516; No. 89-6062; No. 89-6091; No. 89-6324; No. 89-6509; No. 89-7007; No. 89-7307; No. 89-7308; No. 89-7322; No. 89-7380; No. 89-7442 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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Majority

p. 1010
No. 88-7318.
No. 88-7432.
No. 89-516.
No. 89-6062.
No. 89-6091.
No. 89-6324.
No. 89-6509.
Cain v. South Carolina. West v. Tennessee. Evans v. Thompson, Superintendent, Mecklenburg Correctional Center. Murtishaw v. California. Ransom v. Texas. Moore v. Zant, Superintendent, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center. Hopkinson v. Shillinger, Warden, et al.

Sup. Ct. S. C.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

C. A. 4th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Cal.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

C. A. 11th Cir.;

C. A. 10th Cir.;

Dissent — Brennan J.

p. 1011
Barefield v. Texas. Callins v. Texas. Pickens v. Arkansas. Barnes v. Thompson, Warden. Barrow v. Illinois. Huffman v. Indiana.

No. 89-7007.

No. 89-7307.

No. 89-7308.

No. 89-7322.

No. 89-7380.

No. 89-7442.

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Ark.;

Sup. Ct. Va.;

Sup. Ct. Ill.; and

Sup. Ct. Ind. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 88-7318, 297 S. C. 497 , 377 S. E. 2d 556 ; No. 88-7432, 767 S. W. 2d 387 ; No. 89-516, 881 F. 2d 117 ; No. 89-6062, 48 Cal. 3d 1001 , 773 P. 2d 172 ; No. 89-6091, 789 S. W. 2d 572 ; No. 89-6324, 885 F. 2d 1497 ; No. 89-6509, 866 F. 2d 1185 and 888 F. 2d 1286 ; No. 89-7007, 784 S. W. 2d 38 ; No. 89-7307, 780 S. W. 2d 176 ; No. 89-7308, 301 Ark. 244 , 783 S. W. 2d 341 ; No. 89-7380, 133 Ill. 2d 226 , 549 N. E. 2d 240 ; No. 89-7442, 543 N. E. 2d 360 .

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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