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Burrell v. Louisiana

498 U.S. 1074 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1991-01-22 Docket No. 90-5836; No. 90-5851; No. 90-6072; No. 90-6318 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Marshall J.

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p. 1074
No. 90-5836.
No. 90-5851.
No. 90-6072.
No. 90-6318.
Burrell v. Louisiana. Truesdale v. South Carolina. Guinan v. Armontrout, Warden. Boyd v. Tennessee.

Sup. Ct. La.;

Sup. Ct. S. C.;

C. A. 8th Cir.; and

Sup. Ct. Tenn. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 90-5836, 561 So. 2d 692 ; No. 90-5851, 301 S. C. 546 , 393 S. E. 2d 168 ; No. 90-6072, 909 F. 2d 1224 ; No. 90-6318, 797 S. W. 2d 589 .

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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