Russell v. Collins, 501 U.S. 1259

501 U.S. 1259
111 S. Ct. 2914
115 L. Ed. 2d 1078
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Russell v. Collins, 501 U.S. 1259
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Russell v. Collins, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. Haliburton v. Florida. Kills on Top v. Montana. Freeman v. Florida. LaGrand v. Arizona. Woods v. Indiana. Paz v. Idaho. LaGrand v. Arizona. Griffin v. Missouri. Floyd v. Florida. Coleman v. Indiana. DeBlanc v. Texas. Hammond v. Texas. Goodwin v. Texas. Atkins v. South Carolina. Miller v. Georgia. Newsted v. Oklahoma. Powell v. Missouri. Tennard v. Texas. Lewis v. Florida. Johnson v. Texas. James v. Texas.
Country
United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Disposition
Denied
Dissent
Marshall (Justice)
No. 89-7679.
No. 90-5512.
No. 90-5726.
No. 90-6029.
No. 90-6758.
No. 90-6819.
No. 90-6939.
No. 90-7018.
No. 90-7067.
No. 90-7449.
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No. 90-7557.
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No. 90-7871.
No. 90-7905.
No. 90-7916.
No. 90-7973.
No. 90-8023.
No. 90-8093.
C. A. 5th Cir.; Sup. Ct. Fla.; Sup. Ct. Mont.; Sup. Ct. Fla.; Super. Ct. Ariz., Pima County; Sup. Ct. Ind.; Sup. Ct. Idaho; Super. Ct. Ariz., Pima County; Sup. Ct. Mo.; Sup. Ct. Fla.; Sup. Ct. Ind.; Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; Sup. Ct. S. C.; Sup. Ct. Ga.; Ct. Crim. App. Okla.; Sup. Ct. Mo.; Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; Sup. Ct. Fla.; Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; and Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Certiorari denied.
denied.
Justice Marshall, dissenting.
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, 231 (1976), I would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.
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