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Bowden v. Georgia

435 U.S. 937 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1978-03-20 Docket No. 77-6057; No. 77-6107 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 937
No. 77-6057. No. 77-6107.
Bowden v. Georgia; and Mitchell v. Hopper, Warden.

Sup.. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied.

dissenting.

Adhering to our views that the death penalty is in all circumstances cruel and unusual punishmént 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 sentences in these cases.

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