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Gordon v. California

499 U.S. 913 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1991-03-04 Docket No. 90-6383; No. 90-6540; No. 90-6628 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Marshall J.

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No. 90-6383.
No. 90-6540.
No. 90-6628.
Gordon v. California. Clozza v. Murray, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections. Wainwright v. Arkansas.

Sup. Ct. Cal.;

C. A. 4th Cir.; and

Sup. Ct. Ark. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 90-6383, 50 Cal. 3d 1223 , 792 P. 2d 251 ; No. 90-6540, 913 F. 2d 1092 ; No. 90-6628, 302 Ark. 371 , 790 S. W. 2d 420 .

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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