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Abstract

Decision: Tuesday, April 21, 1992
Issues: Criminal Procedure, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Death Penalty
Categories: capital punishment, criminal, cruel and unusual punishment, eighth amendment, habeas corpus

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Supreme Court Justice Opinions and Votes (by Ideology)

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Decision: 7 votes for Gomez, 2 vote(s) against
Wrote a dissent
Stevens
Voted with the minority, joined Stevens' dissent
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the majority
O'Connor
Voted with the majority
Souter
Voted with the majority
Kennedy
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Voted with the majority
Scalia
Voted with the majority
Thomas
Per Curiam without Argument

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The Oyez Project, Gomez v. United States District Court for the Northern District of California, 503 U.S. 653 (1992),
available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1991/1991_a_767/>
(last visited ).