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Miller v. California

498 U.S. 1041 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1991-01-07 Docket No. 90-5932; No. 90-6044; No. 90-6111 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Marshall J.

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p. 1041
No. 90-5932.
No. 90-6044.
No. 90-6111.
Miller v. California. Baxter v. Kemp, Warden. Correll v. Thompson, Warden.

Sup. Ct. Cal.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.; and

Sup. Ct. Va. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 90-5932, 50 Cal. 3d 954 , 790 P. 2d 1289 ; No. 90-6044, 260 Ga. 184 , 391 S. E. 2d 754 .

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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