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Spivey v. Georgia

469 U.S. 1132 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1985-01-07 Docket No. 84-5545; No. 84-5689; No. 84-5808 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1132
No. 84-5545.
No. 84-5689.
No. 84-5808.
Spivey v. Georgia. Burris v. Indiana. Julius v. Alabama.

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Ind.; and

Sup. Ct. Ala. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 84-5545, 253 Ga. 187 , 319 S. E. 2d 420 ; No. 84-5689, 465 N. E. 2d 171 ; No. 84-5808, 455 So. 2d 984 .

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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