434 U.S. 878 | SCOTUS | 1977
Lead Opinion
Sup. Ct. Fla.;
C. A. 5th Cir.;
Sup, Ct. Ark.;
Sup, Ct. Neb.;
Sup. Ct. Ark.;
Sup. Ct. Fla.;
Sup. Ct. Ga.;
Sup. Ct. Ga.; and
Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 76-6717, 341 So. 2d 762; No. 76-6756, 546 F. 2d 1191; No. 76-6823, 261 Ark. 336, 548 S. W. 2d 135; No. 76-6933, 197 Neb. 549, 250 N. W. 2d 881; No. 77-5021, 261 Ark. 195, 548 S. W. 2d 106; No, 77-5083, 341 So. 2d 765; No, 77-5099, 238 Ga. 655, 235 S. E. 2d 375; No. 77-5155, 239 Ga. 67, 235 S. E. 2d 519; No. 77-5288, 348 So. 2d 312.
Dissenting Opinion
dissenting.
Adhering to our views that the death penalty is in all circumstances cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U. S. 153, 227, 231 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.