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Franklin v. Georgia

Franklin v. Georgia
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided June 16, 1980 · Brennan, Marshall
447 U.S. 930; 65 L. Ed. 2d 1124; 100 S. Ct. 3029; 1980 U.S. LEXIS 2103 (United States Reports)

Franklin v. Georgia

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.

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Ga.; and

Super. Ct. Ga., Tattnall County. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 79-6470, 245 Ga. 141, 263 S. E. 2d 666.

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