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Oxford v. Missouri

498 U.S. 1055 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1991-01-14 Docket No. 90-6077; No. 90-6119; No. 90-6228 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Marshall J.

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p. 1055
No. 90-6077.
No. 90-6119.
No. 90-6228.
Oxford v. Missouri. Antwine v. Missouri. May v. Collins, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division.

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C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 90-6077, 791 S. W. 2d 896 ; No. 90-6119, 791 S. W. 2d 403 ; No. 90-6228, 904 F. 2d 228 .

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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