Gates v. Zant

Supreme Court of the United States

Jun 27, 1983

No. 81-5240; No. 81-5312; No. 81-5947; No. 81-5962; No. 81-6827; No. 82-5128; No. 82-5260; No. 82-5868; No. 82-6192

Versions:463 U.S. 1213

103 S. Ct. 3551

77 L. Ed. 2d 1398

51 U.S.L.W. 3920

1983 U.S. LEXIS 817

Lead Opinion

*1213Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. N. C.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

*1214No. 82-5128. No. 82-5260. No. 82-5868. No. 82-6192.

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. La.;

C. A. 5th Cir.; and

Sup. Ct. S. C. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 81-5812, 247 Ga. 698, 278 S. E. 2d 398; No. 81-5947, 248 Ga. 355, 283 S. E. 2d 238; No. 81-5962, 304 N. C. 249, 283 S. E. 2d 761; No. 81-6827, 249 Ga. 211, 290 S. E. 2d 36; No. 82-5128, 249 Ga. 454, 291 S. E. 2d 489; No. 82-5260, 414 So. 2d 340; No. 82-5868, 679 F. 2d 381; No. 82-6192, 278 S. C. 572, 300 S. E. 2d 63.

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.