Smith v. Hopper
Smith v. Hopper
436 U.S. 950; 98 S. Ct. 2859
(United States Reports)
Cases that cite this one
3 later published cases cite this decision.
- John Eldon Smith v. Ralph M. Kemp, Superintendent, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Center (11th Cir. 1983)
- John Eldon Smith, or Anthony Isalldo MacHetti v. Charles Balkcom, Warden, Georgia State Prison (5th Cir. 1981)
- Spencer v. Hopper (Ga. 1979)
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Opinion of the Court
Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied.
Dissenting Opinion
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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