BOWDEN
v.
GEORGIA; AND MITCHELL V. HOPPER, WARDEN

U.S. | 1978-03-20
Nos. 77-6057; No. 77-6107
435 U.S. 937 Supreme Court of the United States (1978) Positive Treatment
Cited by 3 cases
Dissent
Mr. Justice Brennan and Mr. Justice Marshall,

Mr. Justice Brennan and Mr. Justice Marshall,

dissenting.

Adhering to our views that the death penalty is in all circumstances cruel and unusual punishmént 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.

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    …hell v. State, 234 Ga. 160, 214 S.E. 2d 900 (1975), cert. denied, 428 U.S. 910, 96 S.Ct. 3224, 49 L.Ed.2d 1219 (1976). He unsuccessfully sought habeas corpus relief in state court. Mitchell v. Hopper, 239 Ga. 781, 239 S.E. 2d 2 (1977), cert. denied, 435 U.S. 937, 98 S.Ct. 1513, 55 L.Ed.2d 534 (1978). A petition for a writ of habeas corpus was then filed in federal district court. In two separate orders, the district court denied all of Mitchell’s asserted grounds for relief. Mitchell v. Hopper, 538 F.Supp.…
  • Spencer v. Kemp, 781 F.2d 1458 (11th Cir. 1986)
    …ed and convicted while that statute was still in force, and instead applied the statute as it had been amended in 1975. See e.g., Smith v. Zant, 250 Ga. 645, 301 S.E. 2d 32 (1983); Mitchell v. Hopper, 239 Ga. 781, 239 S.E. 2d 2 (1977), cert. denied, 435 U.S. 937, 98 S.Ct. 1513, 55 L.Ed.2d 534 (1978); Fountain v. York, 237 Ga. 784, 229 S.E. 2d 629 (1976). But see Smith v. Hopper, 240 Ga. 93, 239 S.E. 2d 510 (1977), cert. denied, 436 U.S. 950, 98 S.Ct. 2859, 56 L.Ed.2d 793 (1978); House v. Stynchcombe, 239…
  • Bowden v. Francis, 733 F.2d 740 (11th Cir. 1984)
    …Georgia law to follow the jury’s recommendation, sentenced Bowden accordingly. B. On direct appeal, the Georgia Supreme Court affirmed Bowden’s convictions and his death sentence. Bowden v. State, 239 Ga. 821, 238 S.E. 2d 905 (1977), cert. denied, 435 U.S. 937, 98 S.Ct. 1513, 55 L.Ed.2d 533 (1978). Bowden then petitioned the Superi- or Court of Butts County, Georgia for a writ of habeas corpus. The court, following an evidentiary hearing, denied Bow-den’s petition on January 10, 1979. The Supreme Court of…

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