Spivey v. Georgia

Dec 4, 1978
No. 78-5460
Reporters:
,
Before:
Brennan

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.