Godfrey v. Georgia

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Godfrey v. Georgia
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued February 20, 1980 Decided May 19, 1980
Full case name: Godfrey v. The State of Georgia Citations: 446 U.S. 420
Holding
The Court reversed the judgment insofar as it leaves standing the death sentences, and the case was remanded.
Court membership
Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger Associate Justices: William J. Brennan, Jr., Potter Stewart, Byron White, Thurgood Marshall, Harry Blackmun, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William Rehnquist, John Paul Stevens
Case opinions
Majority by: Stewart Joined by: Blackmun, Powell, Stevens Concurrence by: Marshall Concurrence by: Brennan Dissent by: Burger Dissent by: White Joined by: Rehnquist

Godfrey v. Georgia 446 U.S. 420 (1980) is a United States Supreme Court case ^[1] in which the Court overturned a death sentence based upon a finding that a murder was "outrageously or wantonly vile, horrible, and inhuman," as it deemed that any murder may be reasonably characterized in this manner.

[edit] See also

• Capital punishment
• Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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