Davis v. Georgia, 429 U.S. 122 (1976)

Davis v. Georgia


No. 76-5403


Decided December 6, 1976
429 U.S. 122

ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI
TO THE SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA

Syllabus

Petitioner’s death sentence for murder cannot be carried out where one prospective juror was excluded from the jury for cause for merely expressing scruples against the death penalty, rather than being irrevocably committed to vote against it. Witherspoon v. Illinois, 391 U.S. 510.

Certiorari granted; 236 Ga. 804, 225 S.E.2d 241, reversed and remanded.