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Franklin v. Georgia

447 U.S. 930 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1980-06-16 Docket No. 79-6470; No. 79-6614 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 930
No. 79-6470.
No. 79-6614.
Franklin v. Georgia. Dobbs v. Hopper, Warden.

Sup. Ct. Ga.; and

Super. Ct. Ga., Tattnall County. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 79-6470, 245 Ga. 141 , 263 S. E. 2d 666 .

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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