p. 991No. 76-6882. No. 78-5225. No. 78-5490. No. 78-5544. Meeks v. Florida. Duffy v. Texas. Alderman v. Georgia. Stephens v. Hopper, Warden.
Sup. Ct. Fla. ;
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;
Sup. Ct. Ga.; and
Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 76-6882, 339 So. 2d 186 ; No. 78-5225, 567 S. W. 2d 197 ; No. 78-5490, 241 Ga. 496 , 246 S. E. 2d 642 ; No. 78-5544, 241 Ga. 596 , 247 S. E. 2d 92 .
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. 991