Supreme Court of the United States, 1980

Davis v. Georgia

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided May 27, 1980

446 U.S. 961; 100 S. Ct. 2934; 64 L. Ed. 2d 819; 1980 U.S. LEXIS 1790 (United States Reports)

Cases that cite this one

9 later published cases cite this decision.

Drake v. Zant, Warden; Westbrook v. Balkcom, Warden (Supreme Court of the United States 1981)
Freddie Davis, Cross-Appellant v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, Respondent- Cross-Appellee (11th Cir. 1987)
William Anthony Brooks v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, Respondent (11th Cir. 1985)
Spraggins v. State (Ga. 1985)
Hamilton v. Zant, Superintendent, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center (Supreme Court of the United States 1984)
Roger Collins v. Robert O. Francis, Warden, Ga. Diagnostic and Classification Center (11th Cir. 1984)
William Anthony Brooks v. Robert Francis, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center (11th Cir. 1983)
Robert Francis, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center v. Eddie Spraggins (11th Cir. 1983)
Jackson v. State (Ga. Ct. App. 1982)

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Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Ga. Motions of petitioners for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and cer-tiorari granted. Judgments vacated insofar as they leave undisturbed the death penalties imposed, and cases remanded for further consideration in light of Godfrey v. Georgia, ante, *962p. 420. Reported below: No. 78-6891, 242 Ga. 901, 252 S. E. 2d 443; No. 79-5032, 243 Ga. 73, 252 S. E. 2d 620; No. 79-5188, 243 Ga. 291, 253 S. E. 2d 729; No. 79-5567, 243 Ga. 710, 257 S. E. 2d 192; No. 79-5904, 244 Ga. 145, 259 S. E. 2d 81; No. 79-6330, 244 Ga. 574, 261 S. E. 2d 379.

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