Ruffin v. Georgia

Supreme Court of the United States December 10, 1979

Ruffin v. Georgia, 444 U.S. 995 (1979)

100 S. Ct. 530

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.

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Ga. Certio-rari denied.

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