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Strouth v. Tennessee

455 U.S. 983 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1982-02-22 Docket No. 81-5786; No. 81-5840; No. 81-5844; No. 81-5872; No. 81-5919; No. 81-5935; No. 81-5937; No. 81-5970 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 983
No. 81-5786.
No. 81-5840.
No. 81-5844.
No. 81-5872.
No. 81-5919.
No. 81-5935.
No. 81-5937.
No. 81-5970.
Strouth v. Tennessee. Davis v. Zant, Superintendent, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center. Bowen v. Zant, Warden. Justus v. Virginia. Schad v. Arizona. Green v. Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center. Coleman v. Montana. Tafero v. Florida.

Sup. Ct. Term.;

Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County;

Sup. Ct. Va.;

Sup. Ct. Ariz.;

Sup. Ct. Mont.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Cer-tiorari denied. Reported below: No. 81-5786, 620 S. W. 2d 467 ; No. 81-5872, 222 Va. 667 , 283 S. E. 2d 905 ; No. 81-5919, 129 Ariz. 557 , 633 P. 2d 366 ; No. 81-5937,-Mont.-, 633 P. 2d 624 ; No. 81-5970, 403 So. 2d 355 .

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.

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