High v. Georgia

Jan 25, 1982
No. 80-6843; No. 81-5628; No. 81-5687; No. 81-5749; No. 81-5801
Reporters:
,
Before:
Brennan

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.





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.