p. 960No. 77-5488. No. 77-5538. Blake v. Georgia. Spenkelink v. Florida.
Sup. Ct. Ga.; and
Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 77-5488, 239 Ga. 292 , 236 S. E. 2d 637 ; No. 77-5538, 350 So. 2d 85 .
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.
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- Gregg v. Georgia 428 U. S. 153 at 231 p. 960