BAKER v. ZANT, 458 U.S. 1115 (1982)

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U.S. Supreme Court

BAKER v. ZANT , 458 U.S. 1115 (1982)

458 U.S. 1115

Daniel Joseph BAKER, petitioner,
v.
Walter D. ZANT, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center
No. 81-6657

Supreme Court of the United States

June 28, 1982

Petition for writ of

certiorari to the Superior Court of Georgia, Butts County.

Denied.

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, 2971, 2973 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentence in this case.[ Baker v. Zant 458 U.S. 1115 (1982) ]


U.S. Supreme Court

BAKER v. ZANT , 458 U.S. 1115 (1982)

458 U.S. 1115

Daniel Joseph BAKER, petitioner,
v.
Walter D. ZANT, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center
No. 81-6657

Supreme Court of the United States

June 28, 1982

Petition for writ of

certiorari to the Superior Court of Georgia, Butts County.

Denied.

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, 2971, 2973 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentence in this case.[ Baker v. Zant 458 U.S. 1115 (1982) ]

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