High v. Georgia

455 U.S. 927 | SCOTUS | 1982

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. S. C.;

Sup. Ct. Va.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.; and

Sup. Ct. Ga. Cer-tiorari denied. Reported below: No. 80-6843, 247 Ga. 289, 276 S. E. 2d 5; No. 81-5687, 222 Va. 369, 282 S. E. 2d 10; No. 81-5801, 248 Ga. 255, 282 S. E. 2d 325.

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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 sentences in these cases.