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Moon v. Georgia

499 U.S. 982 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1991-04-22 Docket No. 88-6833; No. 90-7093; No. 90-7155; No. 90-7411 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Marshall J.

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p. 982
No. 88-6833.
No. 90-7093.
No. 90-7155.
No. 90-7411.
Moon v. Georgia. Moore v. California. Bassette v. Thompson, Warden. Cole v. Texas.

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Cal.;

C. A. 4th Cir.; and

Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 88-6833, 258 Ga. 748 , 375 S. E. 2d 442 ; No. 90-7155, 915 F. 2d 932 ; No. 90-7411, 795 S. W. 2d 207 .

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 ,

Dissent — Marshall J.

p. 983
231 (1976), I would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.

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