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Cape v. Georgia

449 U.S. 1134 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1981-01-26 Docket No. 80-5854 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1134
No. 80-5854.
Cape v. Georgia.

Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari 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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