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Tafero v. DuggerTafero v. Dugger

Supreme Court of the United States
Jun 26, 1987
No. 86-6224
Reporters:
,
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

C. A. 11th Cir. Motion of ‍​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‍National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae granted. ‍​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‍Certiorari denied.






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 sentence in this case.

Case Details

Case Name: Tafero v. Dugger
Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
Date Published: Jun 26, 1987
Citations: 483 U.S. 1033; 107 S. Ct. 3277; No. 86-6224
Docket Number: No. 86-6224
Court Abbreviation: U.S.
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