Moore v. Georgia

Oct 10, 1978
No. 78-5159; No. 78-5240
Reporters:
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Ga.; and

Ct. Crim. App. Tex. ‍‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‍Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 78-5159, 240 Ga. 807, 243 S. E. 2d 1; No. 78-5240, 562 ‍‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‍S. W. 2d 857.





Dissenting Opinion

Mr. Justice Brennan and Mr. 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.