Supreme Court of the United States, 1980

Douthit v. Georgia

Douthit v. Georgia
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided March 17, 1980 · Brennan, Marshall
445 U.S. 938; 100 S. Ct. 1332; 63 L. Ed. 2d 772; 1980 U.S. LEXIS 1224 (United States Reports)
Douthit v. Georgia

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Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Ga. Certio-rari 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 sentences in these cases.

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