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Russell v. Collins

501 U.S. 1259 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1991-06-28 Docket No. 89-7679; No. 90-5512; No. 90-5726; No. 90-6029; No. 90-6758; No. 90-6819; No. 90-6939; No. 90-7018; No. 90-7067; No. 90-7449; No. 90-7499; No. 90-7557; No. 90-7560; No. 90-7570; No. 90-7756; No. 90-7830; No. 90-7871; No. 90-7905; No. 90-7916; No. 90-7973; No. 90-8023; No. 90-8093 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Marshall J.

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p. 1259
No. 89-7679.
No. 90-5512.
No. 90-5726.
No. 90-6029.
No. 90-6758.
No. 90-6819.
No. 90-6939.
No. 90-7018.
No. 90-7067.
No. 90-7449.
No. 90-7499.
No. 90-7557.
No. 90-7560.
No. 90-7570.
No. 90-7756.
No. 90-7830.
No. 90-7871.
No. 90-7905.
No. 90-7916.
No. 90-7973.
No. 90-8023.
No. 90-8093.
Russell v. Collins, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. Haliburton v. Florida. Kills on Top v. Montana. Freeman v. Florida. LaGrand v. Arizona. Woods v. Indiana. Paz v. Idaho. LaGrand v. Arizona. Griffin v. Missouri. Floyd v. Florida. Coleman v. Indiana. DeBlanc v. Texas. Hammond v. Texas. Goodwin v. Texas. Atkins v. South Carolina. Miller v. Georgia. Newsted v. Oklahoma. Powell v. Missouri. Tennard v. Texas. Lewis v. Florida. Johnson v. Texas. James v. Texas.

C. A. 5th Cir.; Sup. Ct. Fla.; Sup. Ct. Mont.; Sup. Ct. Fla.; Super. Ct. Ariz., Pima County; Sup. Ct. Ind.; Sup. Ct. Idaho; Super. Ct. Ariz., Pima County; Sup. Ct. Mo.; Sup. Ct. Fla.; Sup. Ct. Ind.; Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; Sup. Ct. S. C.; Sup. Ct. Ga.; Ct. Crim. App. Okla.; Sup. Ct. Mo.; Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; Sup. Ct. Fla.; Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; and Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Certiorari denied.

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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