Supreme Court of the United States, 1977

Blake v. Georgia

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided November 14, 1977 · Brennan, Marshall

434 U.S. 960; 98 S. Ct. 492 (United States Reports)

Cases that cite this one

4 later published cases cite this decision.

State v. Ramseur (N.J. 1987)
State v. Osborn (Idaho 1981)
Blake v. Zant (United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia 1981)
Dix v. Newsome (United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia 1984)

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Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Ga.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 77-5488, 239 Ga. 292, 236 S. E. 2d 637; No. 77-5538, 350 So. 2d 85.

Dissenting Opinion

Mr. Justice Brennan and Mr. Justice Marshall,

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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