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Smith v. Hopper

436 U.S. 950 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1978-06-05 Docket No. 77-6470 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 950
No. 77-6470.
Smith v. Hopper, Warden.

Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied.

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.

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