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Comer v. Arizona

499 U.S. 943 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1991-03-25 Docket No. 90-6951; No. 90-7193 English

Delivered by Marshall J.

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Majority — Marshall J.

p. 943
No. 90-6951.
No. 90-7193.
Comer v. Arizona. Howard v. Rowland et al.

Sup. Ct. Ariz.; and

Sup. Ct. Cal. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 90-6951, 165 Ariz. 413 , 799 P. 2d 333 .

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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