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Sterling v. Texas

501 U.S. 1213 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1991-06-10 Docket No. 90-7480; No. 90-7745; No. 90-7770 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Marshall J.

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p. 1213
No. 90-7480.
No. 90-7745.
No. 90-7770.
Sterling v. Texas. Whitt v. California. Frank v. California.

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; Sup. Ct. Cal.; and Sup. Ct. Cal. Certio-rari denied.

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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