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Supreme Court of the United States, 1982

Chaney v. Oklahoma

Chaney v. Oklahoma
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided April 5, 1982 · Brennan, Marshall
456 U.S. 919; 72 L. Ed. 2d 180; 102 S. Ct. 1778; 50 U.S.L.W. 3802; 1982 U.S. LEXIS 1666 (United States Reports)

Chaney v. Oklahoma

Dissenting Opinion

Justice Brennan and Justice Marshall,

dissenting.

Adhering to our views 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, 227, 231 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.

Opinion of the Court

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.; and

Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 81-6224, 248 Ga. 616, 284 S. E. 2d 422.

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