p. 935No. 77-5026. No. 77-5305. No. 77-5355. No. 77-5464. Witt v. Florida. Burns v. Texas. Shippy v. Texas. Pryor v. Georgia.
Sup. Ct. Fla.;
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; and
Sup. Ct. Ga. Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 77-5026, 342 So. 2d 497 ; No. 77-5305, 556 S. W. 2d 270 ; No. 77-5355, 556 S. W. 2d 246 ; No. 77-5464, 238 Ga. 698 , 234 S. E. 2d 918 .
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.
Cases cited
- Gregg v. Georgia 428 U. S. 153 at 231 p. 935