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Hance v. Georgia

449 U.S. 1067 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1980-12-15 Docket No. 80-5561; No. 80-5632; No. 80-5645 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1067
No. 80-5561.
No. 80-5632.
No. 80-5645.
Hance v. Georgia. Clark v. Arizona. Witt v. Florida.

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Ariz.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 80-5561, 245 Ga. 856 , 268 S. E. 2d 339 ; No. 80-5632, 126 Ariz. 428 , 616 P. 2d 888 ; No. 80-5645, 387 So. 2d 922 .

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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