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470 U.S. 1024

McCorquodale v. Balkcom

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided February 25, 1985

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1985-02-25

Relies on Gregg v. Georgia · Tomlin v. Alabama · McCorquodale v. Balkcom

Decided 1985-02-25

¶1466 U. S. 954. The orders entered May 21, 1984 [467 U. S. 1202], suspending the effect of the order denying the petition for writ of certiorari and staying execution of sentence of death are vacated. Petition for rehearing denied.

Justice Brennan and Justice Marshall,

¶2dissenting.

¶3Adhering 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 dissent from the Court’s order vacating the stay of execution in this case.

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