p. 1122No. 78-5696. No. 78-5759. Jacobs v. Alabama. Woodard v. Arkansas.
Sup. Ct. Ala.; and
Sup. Ct. Ark. Cer-tiorari denied. Reported below: No. 78-5696, 361 So. 2d 640 ; No. 78-5759, 261 Ark. 895 , 553 S. W. 2d 259 .
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. 1122