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Legare v. Georgia

444 U.S. 984 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1979-12-03 Docket No. 79-5391; No. 79-5449 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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No. 79-5391.
No. 79-5449.
Legare v. Georgia. Smith, aka Machetti v. Hurley, Acting Warden.

Sup. Ct. Ga.; and

Super. Ct. Ga., Baldwin County. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 79-5391, 243 Ga. 744 , 257 S. E. 2d 247 .

dissenting.

Adhering to our views that the death penalty is in all circumstances cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the

Dissent — Brennan J.

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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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