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Spivey v. Georgia

439 U.S. 1039 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1978-12-04 Docket No. 78-5460 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1039
No. 78-5460.
Spivey v. Georgia.

Sup. Ct. Ga. Certio-rari 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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