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BEAN v. STATE OF NEVADA

No. 75-1612.

535 F.2d 542 (1976)

Thomas Lee BEAN, Petitioner and Appellant, v. STATE OF NEVADA et al., Respondents and Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

May 18, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam Haskins, San Francisco, Cal., for petitioner and appellant.

Robert List, Atty. Gen., Carson City, Nev., for respondents and appellees.

Before CHAMBERS, DUNIWAY and WRIGHT, Circuit Judges.

ORDER OF AFFIRMANCE

Following the decision of the Supreme Court in Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238, 92 S.Ct. 2726, 33 L.Ed.2d 346 (1972), the Nevada Board of Pardons commuted Bean's death sentence to a life sentence without possibility of parole. We cannot accept Bean's argument that a life sentence without possibility of parole is a greater punishment than a sentence of death, and we therefore reject his argument that in taking...

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