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Rodden v. Missouri

499 U.S. 970 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1991-04-15 Docket No. 90-6614; No. 90-7116 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Marshall J.

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p. 970
No. 90-6614.
No. 90-7116.
Rodden v. Missouri. Robins v. Nevada.

Sup. Ct. Mo.; and

Sup. Ct. Nev. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 90-6614, 795 S. W. 2d 393 ; No. 90-7116, 106 Nev. 611 , 798 P. 2d 558 .

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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