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Stanley v. Zant

Stanley v. Zant
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided February 19, 1980 · Brennan, Marshall
444 U.S. 1103; 62 L. Ed. 2d 788; 100 S. Ct. 1068; 1980 U.S. LEXIS 934 (United States Reports)

Stanley v. Zant

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.; and

Sup. Ct. Va. Cer-tiorari denied. Reported below: No. 79-5830, 244 Ga. 260, 260 S. E. 2d 465; No. 79-5861, 220 Va. 243, 257 S. E. 2d 797.

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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