439 U.S. 882 | SCOTUS | 1978
Lead Opinion
Sup. Ct. Ark.;
Sup. Ct. Fla.;
Sup. Ct. Ga.;
Sup. Ct. Ga.;
Sup. Ct. Ga.;
Sup. Ct. Ga.;
Sup. Ct. Neb.;
Sup. Ct. Utah;
Sup. Ct. Utah;
Sup. Ct. Utah;
Sup. Ct. Utah; and
Sup. Ct. Utah. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 77-6774, 261 Ark. 449, 549 S. W. 2d 73; No. 77-6691, 351 So. 2d 942; No. 77-6385, 239 Ga. 422, 238 S. E. 2d 12; No. 77-6702, 240 Ga. 352, 240 S. E. 2d 828; No. 77-6744, 240 Ga. 341, 241 S. E. 2d 173; No. 78-5089, 241 Ga. 236, 244 S. E. 2d 849; No. 77-6809, 199 Neb. 656, 261 N. W. 2d 95; No. 77-6563, 573 P. 2d 343; No. 77-6578, 573 P. 2d 343; No. 77-6579, 573 P. 2d 343; No. 77-6583, 572 P. 2d 1338; No. 77-6743, 574 P. 2d 709.
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.