Cape v. Georgia, 449 U.S. 1134

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied.

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Dissenting ‍​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‍Opinion

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 sentence in this case.

Case Details

Case Name: Cape v. Georgia

Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States

Date Published: Jan 26, 1981

Citations: 449 U.S. 1134; 101 S. Ct. 956; 67 L. Ed. 2d 121; 49 U.S.L.W. 3531; 1981 U.S. LEXIS 691; No. 80-5854

Docket Number: No. 80-5854

Court Abbreviation: U.S.