Hyperlawhypertext legal databasebeta Dick v. Georgia 451 U.S. 976

← Cases

Dick v. Georgia

451 U.S. 976 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1981-05-04 Docket No. 80-6231 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

Contents
p. 976
No. 80-6231.
Dick 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.

Cases cited

Statutes and regulations cited