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429 U.S. 986

Gibson v. Georgia

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided November 29, 1976

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1976-11-29

Relies on Gregg v. Georgia

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1976-11-29

How this case has been cited

Cited by 305 later decisions (8 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2014 · most notably Zant v. Stephens (1983), United States v. Bailey (1980)

132 federal appellate · 7 district · 25 state decisions — followed in 16 states

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¶1Sup. Ct, Ga. Certiorari denied. See Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U. S. 153, 227 (1976) (Brennan, J., dissenting) ; id., at 231 (Marshall, J., dissenting).

Mr. Justice Brennan and Mr. Justice Marshall would grant certiorari and vacate judgments insofar as they leave undisturbed the sentences of death.
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