Dick v. Georgia

Dick v. Georgia, 451 U.S. 976 (1981)

Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Decided: May 4, 1981
Docket: No. 80-6231
Judges: Brennan, Marshall
Citations: 451 U.S. 976101 S. Ct. 205968 L. Ed. 2d 35749 U.S.L.W. 38251981 U.S. LEXIS 2009

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Opinion of the Court

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Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied.

Dissent — Brennanmarshall

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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 sentence in this case.

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(holding that where a defendant class certified, the statute of limitations remains tolled until a defendant opts out)

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