Supreme Court of the United States, 1982

Cervi v. Georgia

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided April 19, 1982 · Brennan, Marshall

456 U.S. 938; 102 S. Ct. 1995; 50 U.S.L.W. 3839; 72 L. Ed. 2d 457; 1982 U.S. LEXIS 1838 (United States Reports)

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County;

Sup. Ct. S. C.;

Sup. Ct. Ark.; and

Sup. Ct. Va. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 81-6081, 248 Ga. 325, 282 S. E. 2d 629; No. 81-6156, 629 S. W. 2d 701; No. 81-6235, 278 S. C. 1, 292 S. E. 2d 581; No. 81-6245, 274 Ark. 126, 623 S. W. 2d 180; No. 81-6353, 222 Va. 844, 284 S. E. 2d 844.

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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