Supreme Court of the United States, 1980

Moore v. Zant

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided May 12, 1980 · Brennan, Marshall

446 U.S. 947; 100 S. Ct. 2176; 64 L. Ed. 2d 803; 1980 U.S. LEXIS 1687 (United States Reports)

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

Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County. Certiorari denied.

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