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Thomas v. Georgia

452 U.S. 973 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1981-06-22 Docket No. 80-6604; No. 80-6623 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 973
No. 80-6604.
No. 80-6623.
Thomas v. Georgia. Collins v. Arkansas.

Sup. Ct. Ga.; and

Sup. Ct. Ark. Cer-tiorari denied. Reported below: No. 80-6604, 247 Ga. 233 , 275 S. E. 2d 318 ; No. 80-6623, 271 Ark. 825 , 611 S. W. 2d 182 .

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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