Supreme Court of the United States, 1981

Thomas v. Georgia

Thomas v. Georgia
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided June 22, 1981 · Brennan, Marshall
452 U.S. 973; 101 S. Ct. 3127 (United States Reports)

Thomas v. Georgia

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Ga.; and

Sup. Ct. Ark. Cer-tiorari denied. Reported below: No. 80-6604, 247 Ga. 233, 275 S. E. 2d 318; No. 80-6623, 271 Ark. 825, 611 S. W. 2d 182.

Dissenting Opinion

Justice Brennan and 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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