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Gregg v. Georgia

423 U.S. 1082 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1976-01-22 Docket No. 74-6257 English

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p. 1082
January 22, 1976
No. 74-6257.
Gregg v. Georgia.

Sup. Ct. Ga. Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari granted limited to Question 4 presented by the petition which reads as follows: “Whether the imposition and carrying out of the sentence of death for the crime of murder under the law of Georgia violates the Eighth or Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States?”

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