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Supreme Court of the United States, 1978

Smith v. Hopper

Smith v. Hopper
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided June 5, 1978 · Brennan, Marshall
436 U.S. 950; 98 S. Ct. 2859 (United States Reports)

Smith v. Hopper

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied.

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 sentence in this case.

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