Banks v. Georgia

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 18, 1977

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1977-04-18

Relies on Gregg v. Georgia · Dobbs v. State · Banks v. State

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Decided 1977-04-18

How this case has been cited

Cited by 91 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 1998 · most notably Godfrey v. Georgia (1980), 435 So. 2d 645 - Leatherwood v. State (1983)

58 federal appellate · 8 district · 14 state decisions — followed in 10 states

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¶1Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied.

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

¶2See Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U. S. 153, 227 (1976) (Brennan, J., dissenting); id., at 231 (Marshall, J., dissenting). Reported below: No. 76-6192, 237 Ga. 325, 227 S. E. 2d 380; No. 76-6354, 236 Ga. 427, 224 S. E. 2d 3.