Legal Opinion
Coley v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 8, 1974No. 28131PublishedCited by 150 opinions
1Per curiam
We decide in this case the constitutionality of Ga. L. 1973, p. 159, et seq. (Code Ann. § 27-2534.1 et seq.) authorizing the imposition of the death penalty in Georgia under certain circumstances for specified crimes. The appeal represents an attack upon Georgia’s death penalty revived by the 1973 General Assembly following its demise by virtue of the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in Furman v. Georgia and Jackson v. Georgia, 408 U. S. 238 (92 SC 2726, 33 LE2d 346).
The revival statute passed by the General Assembly became effective March 28, 1973. Ga. L. 1973, p. 159. The…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Abrams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1967
- Watson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1971
- Miller v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1968
- Sims v. BalkcomSupreme Court of Georgia · 1964
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3Cited by150 opinions
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