GODFREY v. GEORGIA

No. 78-6899.

444 U.S. 897 (1979)

GODFREY v. GEORGIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

October 9, 1979.


Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari granted limited to the question presented by the Court: In affirming the imposition of the death sentence in this case, has the Georgia Supreme Court adopted such a broad and vague construction of Georgia Code Ann. § 27-2534.1 (b)(7) (specifying certain aggravating circumstances) as to violate the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States...

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