Ruffin v. Austin
Dissenting Opinion
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
Super. Ct. Ga., Tatnall County;
Sup. Ct. Va.;
Sup. Ct. N. C.; and
Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 81-6131, 222 Va. 766, 284 S. E. 2d 816; No. 81-6143, 304 N. C. 201, 283 S. E. 2d 732; No. 81-6151, 248 Ga. 558, 284 S. E. 2d 390.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Ruffin v. Austin, Warden, Georgia State Prison Evans v. Virginia Rook v. North Carolina Cunningham v. Georgia
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- Published