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444 U.S. 995
SCOTUS
1979

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Ga. Certio-rari denied.






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: Ruffin v. Georgia
Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
Date Published: Dec 10, 1979
Citations: 444 U.S. 995; 100 S. Ct. 530; No. 78-6687
Docket Number: No. 78-6687
Court Abbreviation: SCOTUS
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