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Occhicone v. Florida

500 U.S. 938 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1991-05-20 Docket No. 90-7541; No. 90-7549 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Marshall J.

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p. 938
No. 90-7541. No. 90-7549.
Occhicone v. Florida. Williams v. Alabama.

Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

Sup. Ct. Ala. Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 90-7541, 570 So. 2d 902 ; No. 90-7549, 571 So. 2d 338 .

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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