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Stoker v. Texas

498 U.S. 951 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1990-10-29 Docket No. 89-7684; No. 90-5459; No. 90-5607; No. 90-5859 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Marshall J.

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p. 951
No. 89-7684.
No. 90-5459.
No. 90-5607.
No. 90-5859.
Stoker v. Texas. Tyler v. Ohio. Ventura v. Florida. Clark v. Dugger, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections.

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Ohio;

Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 89-7684, 788 S. W. 2d 1 ; No. 90-5459, 50 Ohio St. 3d 24 , 553 N. E. 2d 576 ; No. 90-5607, 560 So. 2d 217 ; No. 90-5859, 901 F. 2d 908 .

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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