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Bolder v. Missouri

459 U.S. 1137 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1983-01-10 Docket No. 82-5648; No. 82-5698 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1137
No. 82-5648.
No. 82-5698.
Bolder v. Missouri. Melson v. Tennessee.

Sup. Ct. Mo.; and

Sup. Ct. Tenn. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 82-5648, 635 S. W. 2d 673 ; No. 82-5698, 638 S. W. 2d 342 .

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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