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Godfrey Vs. Georgia

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  • US Supreme Court
  • May 19, 1980

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  1. Gregg Vs. Georgia US Supreme Court · Jul 02, 1976
  2. Jurek Vs. Texas US Supreme Court · Jul 02, 1976
  3. Stanley Vs. State Chennai · Jul 31, 1997
  4. U.S. 420 (1980) U.S. Supreme Court Godfrey v. Georgia
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  5. U.S. 420 (1980) Godfrey v. Georgia
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  6. This statutory aggravating circumstance was held not to be unconstitutional on its face in Gregg v. Georgia
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  7. define the crimes for which death may be imposed in a way that obviates standardless sentencing discretion. Cf. Furman v. Georgia
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  8. Georgia Supreme Court's construction of the statutory provision at issue here was unconstitutionally vague under Gregg v. Georgia
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  9. b) (7) (1978). In Gregg v. Georgia
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  10. b)(7) is unconstitutionally vague. The court noted that Georgia's death penalty legislation had been upheld in Gregg v. Georgia
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  11. aggravating circumstance. 243 Ga. at 309-311, 253 S.E.2d at 717-718. Two justices dissented. II In Furman v. Georgia
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  12. that create a substantial risk that the punishment will be inflicted in an arbitrary and capricious manner. Gregg v. Georgia
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  13. Page 446 U. S. 428 Id. at 428 U. S. 188 , quoting Furman v. Georgia
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  14. supra at 428 U. S. 196 , n. 47. See also Proffitt v. Florida
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  15. for cases which do not fit within any other statutory aggravating circumstance. Harris v. State
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  16. Court in 1976, the Georgia Supreme Court had affirmed two death sentences based wholly on (b)(7). See McCorquodale v. State
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  17. House v. State
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  18. Harris v. State
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  19. supra, at 732-733, 230 S.E.2d at 10-11. Subsequently, in Blake v. State
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  20. crimes. These factors certainly did not remove the criminality from the petitioner's acts. But, as was said in Gardner v. Florida
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  21. b) (1978). In Arnold v. State
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  22. U.S. at 428 U. S. 198 , quoting Coley v. State
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  23. Profitt v. Florida
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  24. Woodson v. North
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  25. Ruffin v. State
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  26. Hill v. State
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  27. Ga. 794, 802, 229 S.E.2d 737, 742-743 (1976). Cf. Holton v. State
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  28. Banks v. State
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  29. McCorquodale v. State
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  30. b)(7). See, e.g., Baker v. State
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  31. Collins v. State
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  32. Johnson v. State
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  33. Lamb v. State
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  34. b)(7). See, e.g., Holton v. State
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  35. Thomas v. State
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  36. Dix v. State
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  37. Birt v. State
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  38. Georgia Supreme Court's construction of the provision at issue in this case is unconstitutionally vague under Gregg v. Georgia
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  39. Court's application of this provision, and second, to suggest why the enterprise on which the Court embarked in Gregg v. Georgia
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  40. In Gregg v. Georgia
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  41. b)(7). Reasoning from two decisions rendered shortly after our decision in Gregg, Blake v. State
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  42. Ga. 292, 236 S.E.2d 637 (1977), and Harris v. State
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  43. But we cannot stop reading the Georgia Reports after those two cases. In Ruffin v. State
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  44. no torture or aggravated battery was present. See also Holton v. State
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  45. U.S. Supreme Court Godfrey v. Georgia
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  46. Cf. Furman v. Georgia
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  47. II In Furman v. Georgia
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  48. Furman v. Georgia
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  49. Proffitt v. Florida
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  50. See McCorquodale v. State
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