Dick v. Georgia, 451 U.S. 976

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: Dick v. Georgia

Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States

Date Published: May 4, 1981

Citations: 451 U.S. 976; 101 S. Ct. 2059; 68 L. Ed. 2d 357; 49 U.S.L.W. 3825; 1981 U.S. LEXIS 2009; No. 80-6231

Docket Number: No. 80-6231

Court Abbreviation: U.S.