Supreme Court of the United States, 1968

Anderson v. Georgia

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided March 4, 1968 · Harlan

390 U.S. 206; 88 S. Ct. 902; 19 L. Ed. 2d 1039; 1968 U.S. LEXIS 2291 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Jack Greenberg, Charles Stephen Ralston and Michael Meltsner for petitioners., Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General of Georgia, G. Ernest Tidwell, Executive Assistant Attorney General, and Marion 0. Gordon, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

Cases that cite this one

6 later published cases cite this decision.

People v. Cowgill (Appellate Division of the Superior Court of California 1969)
Smith v. Goguen (Supreme Court of the United States 1974)
Boyd v. State (Ga. 2002)
Walker v. State (Ga. Ct. App. 1981)
Rosser v. State (Ga. Ct. App. 1980)
Hamby v. State (Ga. 1979)

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Opinion

Per Curiam.

The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for a writ of certiorari are granted. The judgments of the Supreme Court of Georgia are reversed. Whitus v. Georgia, 385 U. S. 545.

Mr. Justice Harlan would set the case for plenary consideration.

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