House v. Stynchcombe

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided November 28, 1977

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1977-11-28

Relies on Gregg v. Georgia · State v. Ceja · McCorquodale v. Stynchcombe

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Decided 1977-11-28

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¶1Sup. Ct. Ga.;

¶2Sup. Ct. Ariz.; and

¶3Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 77-5439, 239 Ga. 222, 236 S. E. 2d 353; No. 77-5450, 115 Ariz. 413, 565 P. 2d 1274; No. 77-5482, 239 Ga. 138, 236 S. E. 2d 486.

Mr. Justice Brennan and Mr. Justice Marshall,

¶4dissenting.

¶5Adhering 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.