Cervi v. Georgia

Apr 19, 1982
No. 81-6081; No. 81-6156; No. 81-6174; No. 81-6235; No. 81-6245; No. 81-6353
Reporters:
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Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County;

Sup. ‍‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‍Ct. S. C.;

Sup. Ct. Ark.; and

Sup. Ct. Va. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 81-6081, 248 Ga. 325, 282 S. E. 2d 629; No. 81-6156, 629 ‍‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‍S. W. 2d 701; No. 81-6235, 278 S. C. 1, 292 S. E. 2d 581; No. 81-6245, 274 Ark. 126, 623 S. W. 2d ‍‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‍180; No. 81-6353, 222 Va. 844, 284 S. E. 2d 844.





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 sentences in these cases.