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Ruffin v. Georgia

444 U.S. 995 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1979-12-10 Docket No. 78-6687 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 995
No. 78-6687.
Ruffin 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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