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p. 952No. 5059. No. 5133. No. 5135. Furman v. Georgia. Jackson v. Georgia. Branch v. Texas.
Sup. Ct. Ga. Reported below: 225 Ga. 253 , 167 S. E. 2d 628 ;
Sup. Ct. Ga. Reported below: 225 Ga. 790 , 171 S. E. 2d 501 ; and
Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Reported below: 447 S. W. 2d 932 . Certiorari granted limited to the-following question: “Does the imposition and carrying out of the death penalty in [these cases] constitute cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments?”