Pulliam v. Georgia
96 S. Ct. 3225
SCOTUS
1976
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Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Ga.





Dissenting Opinion

Mr. Justice Brennan,

dissenting.

For the reasons stated in my dissenting opinion in Gregg v. Georgia, ante, p. 227, the imposition and carrying out of the death penalty in each of these cases [No. 74^5196 through No. 75-6653] constitute cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. I would therefore grant certiorari in each of these cases and vacate the judgment in each case insofar as it leaves undisturbed the death sentence imposed.





Dissenting Opinion

Mr. Justice Marshall,

dissenting.

Because I consider the death penalty to be a cruel and unusual punishment forbidden by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, see Gregg v. Georgia, ante, p. 231 (Marshall, J., dissenting), I would grant certiorari in these cases [No. 74-5196 through No. 75-6653] and vacate the judgments insofar as they leave undisturbed the sentences of death.