Gregg v georgia case brief. Facts of the case. Georgiaheld that georgias death penalty statute was constitutional. Gregg was convicted of robbing and murdering two men.
Written and curated by real attorneys at quimbee. Appellant was sentenced to death for murder. Troy gregg killed two men in cold blood and was sentenced to death by the state of georgia.
A jury found gregg guilty of armed robbery and murder and sentenced him to death. Georgia was his appeal to the supreme court that his death sentence was cruel and. The case of gregg v.
Gregg petitioned to the united states supreme court for certiorari and the court granted such. Argued march 31 1976. Statement of the facts.
153 1976 gregg v. Once the verdict was read a penalty hearing was conducted before the same jury resulting in the imposition of the death penalty. Certiorari to the supreme court of georgia syllabus.
Appellant argued that the application of the death penalty in this case was cruel and unusual punishment. On appeal the georgia supreme court affirmed the death sentence except as to its imposition for the robbery conviction. Facts of the case.
Decided july 2 1976. Gregg challenged his remaining death sentence for murder claiming that his capital sentence was a cruel and unusual punishment that violated the eighth and fourteenth amendments. Petitioner was charged with committing armed robbery and murder on the basis of evidence that he had killed and robbed two men.
On appeal the georgia supreme court affirmed the death sentence except as to its imposition for the robbery conviction. A jury imposed the death sentence on gregg defendant after finding him guilty on charges of armed robbery and murder. The court claimed the statute did not constitute a cruel and.
In accordance with georgia procedure in capital cases the trial was in two stages a guilt stage and a sentencing stage. A jury found gregg guilty of armed robbery and murder and sentenced him to death. Synopsis of rule of law.