Supreme Court of the United States, 1983

Horton v. Georgia

Horton v. Georgia
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided January 24, 1983 · Brennan, Marshall
459 U.S. 1188; 74 L. Ed. 2d 1030; 103 S. Ct. 837; 51 U.S.L.W. 3553; 1983 U.S. LEXIS 3285 (United States Reports)

Horton v. Georgia

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Mo.; and

Sup. Ct. Mo. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 82-5793, 249 Ga. 871, 295 S. E. 2d 281; No. 82-5834, 638 S. W. 2d 739; No. 82-5861, 638 S. W. 2d 726.

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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