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475 U.S. 1039

Waters v. Kemp, Warden

Supreme Court of the United States · decided February 24, 1986

Cited by 13 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 1995

12 federal appellate ·

Relies on Gregg v. Georgia · Caldwell v. Mississippi · Daniel v. Security Pacific National Bank

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Decided February 24, 1986

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The petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Georgia is denied.

Justice BRENNAN, dissenting:

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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, 227, 96 S.Ct. 2909, 2950, 49 L.Ed.2d 859 (1976), I would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentence in this case.

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Justice MARSHALL and Justice BLACKMUN would grant the petition for a writ of certiorari, vacate the judgment and remand the case to the Supreme Court of Georgia for further consideration in light of Caldwell v. Mississippi,472 U.S. 320, 105 S.Ct. 2633, 86 L.Ed.2d 231 (1985).

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