Supreme Court of the United States, 1977

Banks v. Georgia

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided April 18, 1977 · Brennan, Certiorari, Death, Insofar, Sentences, Undisturbed

430 U.S. 975; 97 S. Ct. 1667 (United States Reports)

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Wilburn Dobbs, Cross-Appellee v. Ralph Kemp, Cross-Appellant (11th Cir. 1986)

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Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied.

Mr. Justice Brennan and Mr. Justice Marshall would grant certiorari and vacate judgments insofar as they leave undisturbed the sentences of death.

See Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U. S. 153, 227 (1976) (Brennan, J., dissenting); id., at 231 (Marshall, J., dissenting). Reported below: No. 76-6192, 237 Ga. 325, 227 S. E. 2d 380; No. 76-6354, 236 Ga. 427, 224 S. E. 2d 3.

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