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A jury found Gregg guilty of armed robbery and murder and sentenced him to death. On appeal, the Georgia Supreme Court affirmed the death sentence except as to its imposition for the robbery conviction.
Gregg v. Georgia. No. 74-6257. Argued March 31, 1976. Decided July 2, 1976. 428 U.S. 153. Syllabus. Petitioner was charged with committing armed robbery and murder on the basis of evidence that he had killed and robbed two men.
Gregg v. Georgia, Proffitt v. Florida, Jurek v. Texas, Woodson v. North Carolina, and Roberts v. Louisiana, 428 U.S. 153 (1976), is a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court. It reaffirmed the Court's acceptance of the use of the death penalty in the United States, upholding, in particular, the death sentence imposed on Troy Leon Gregg.
Troy Gregg had been found guilty of murder and armed robbery and sentenced to death. He asked the Court to go further than it had in the Furman case, and rule the death penalty itself unconstitutional.
27 mar 2017 · Georgia: Gregg was convicted of murder and sentenced to the death penalty under a Georgia state statute. Gregg claimed the sentence violated the Eighth and 14th Amendment of the Constitution. The state Supreme Court affirmed the sentence for the murder conviction and Gregg appealed.
Gregg was the first condemned individual whose death sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court. He was also one of four inmates responsible for the first death row breakout in Georgia history....
A jury imposed the death sentence on Gregg (Defendant), after finding him guilty on charges of armed robbery and murder. Synopsis of Rule of Law. Capital punishment does not violate the Eighth or Fourteenth amendments of the United.
