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Eddings v. Oklahoma (No. 80-5727)
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[ Brennan ]
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[ O'Connor ]
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[ Burger ]
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BRENNAN, J., Concurring Opinion

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES


455 U.S. 104

Eddings v. Oklahoma

CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF OKLAHOMA


No. 80-5727 Argued: November 2, 1981 --- Decided: January 19, 1982

JUSTICE BRENNAN, concurring.

I join the Court's opinion without, however, departing from 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 (1976) (dissenting opinion).