Hance v. Georgia

Dec 16, 1985
No. 85-5642; No. 85-5663; No. 85-5665; No. 85-5694; No. 85-5701
Reporters:
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Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Ala.;

Sup. Ct. Nev.; ‍​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‍and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 85-5642, 254 Ga. 575, 332 S. E. 2d 287; No. 85-5663, 254 Ga. 558, 331 ‍​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‍S. E. 2d 532; No. 85-5665, 475 So. 2d 609; No. 85-5694, 101 Nev. 327, 705 P. 2d 127; No. 85-5701, 473 So. ‍​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‍2d 1260.





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.