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Mattson v. California

498 U.S. 1017 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1990-12-10 Docket No. 90-5941; No. 90-6041 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Marshall J.

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p. 1017
No. 90-5941.
No. 90-6041.
Mattson v. California. Lott v. Ohio.

Sup. Ct. Cal.; and

Sup. Ct. Ohio. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 90-5941, 50 Cal. 3d 826 , 789 P. 2d 983 ; No. 90-6041, 51 Ohio St. 3d 160 , 555 N. E. 2d 293 .

dissenting.

Adhering to my view 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 , 231 (1976), I would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.

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