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Legal Citation: 428 U.S. 153 (1976)

Petitioner
Troy Leon Gregg

Respondent
State of Georgia

Petitioner's Claim
That the death penalty, even when imposed under the safeguards applied in the state of Georgia, violates the Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
G. Hughel Harrison

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
G. Thomas Davis

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, Warren E. Burger, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist, John Paul Stevens, Potter Stewart (writing for the Court), Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
William J. Brennan, Jr., Thurgood Marshall

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
2 July 1976

Decision
The Supreme Court upheld the death penalty as imposed by Georgia.