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Douthit v. Georgia

445 U.S. 938 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1980-03-17 Docket No. 79-5933; No. 79-5959 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 938
No. 79-5933.
No. 79-5959.
Douthit v. Georgia; and Gates 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 sentences in these cases.

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