Moore v. Zant, 446 U.S. 947

Lead Opinion

Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County. ‍​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‍Certiorari denied.

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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 sentence in this case.

Case Details

Case Name: Moore v. Zant

Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States

Date Published: May 12, 1980

Citations: 446 U.S. 947; 100 S. Ct. 2176; 64 L. Ed. 2d 803; 1980 U.S. LEXIS 1687; No. 79-6188

Docket Number: No. 79-6188

Court Abbreviation: U.S.