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Chaney v. Oklahoma

Chaney v. Oklahoma Godfrey v. Georgia

Chaney v. Oklahoma, 456 U.S. 919 (1982)
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Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided
April 5, 1982
Docket
Nos. 81-6016; No. 81-6224
Judges
Brennan, Marshall
Citations
456 U.S. 919102 S. Ct. 177872 L. Ed. 2d 18050 U.S.L.W. 38021982 U.S. LEXIS 1666
Cited by 10 2 descriptions by later courts

Opinion of the Court

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Ct. Crim. App. Okla.; and

Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 81-6224, 248 Ga. 616 , 284 S. E. 2d 422 .

Dissent — Brennanmarshall

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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 sentences in these cases.

How later courts describe this case

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  • (where each murder conviction was aggravated by the other murder conviction, the court found them “mutually supporting”, and “arbitrarily” eliminated one of the death sentences)
    State v. Greenway, 823 P.2d 22 (Ariz. 1991)

Cited by 10 cases

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1983: 11984: 31985: 11986: 11988: 11990: 11991: 219832026peak 1984 · 3

Relies on it most ⓘ

  1. Larry Leon Chaney v. John N. Brown, Warden, Oklahoma State Penitentiary, McAlester Oklahoma730 F.2d 1334 (10th Cir. 1984)
  2. State v. Oliver307 S.E.2d 304 (N.C. 1983)
  3. State v. Greenway823 P.2d 22 (Ariz. 1991)
  4. Cochran v. State500 So. 2d 1161 (Ala. Crim. App. 1984)
  5. Engberg v. Meyer820 P.2d 70 (Wyo. 1991)
  6. Robert Franklin Godfrey v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Center836 F.2d 1557 (11th Cir. 1988)

Most recent

  1. State v. Greenway823 P.2d 22 (Ariz. 1991)
  2. Engberg v. Meyer820 P.2d 70 (Wyo. 1991)
  3. United States v. Murphy30 M.J. 1040 (1990)
  4. Robert Franklin Godfrey v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Center836 F.2d 1557 (11th Cir. 1988)
  5. State v. Cooper718 S.W.2d 256 (Tenn. 1986)
  6. Godfrey v. Francis613 F. Supp. 747 (N.D. Ga. 1985)

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Authorities cited 2

DepthCaseCited by
Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U.S. 153 (1976) 6,081
Godfrey v. State, 284 S.E.2d 422 (Ga. 1981) 29

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