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WHISMAN v. STATE

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224 Ga. 793 (1968)

164 S.E.2d 719

WHISMAN v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided November 21, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reuben A. Garland, Edward T. M. Garland, for appellant.

Earl B. Self, Solicitor General, Bobby Lee Cook, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Marion O. Gordon, Assistant Attorney General, Courtney Wilder Stanton, Joel C. Williams, Jr., Deputy Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee.

ALMAND, Presiding Justice.

The sole question raised by this habeas corpus appeal is whether Witherspoon v. Illinois, 391 U.S. 510 (88 S.C. 1770, 20 LE2d 776) is applicable to the instant case because prospective jurors were excluded "for cause" simply because they voiced general objections to the death penalty or expressed conscientious or religious scruples against its infliction, or whether the instant case comes within the exception...

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