p. 950No. 78-5369. No. 78-5454. No. 78-5862. Hughes v. Texas. Felder v. Texas. Bell v. Mississippi.
Ct. Crim. App. Tex. ;
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; and
Sup. Ct. Miss. Cer-tiorari denied. Reported below: No. 78-5369, 563 S. W. 2d 581 ; No. 78-5454, 564 S. W. 2d 776 ; No. 78-5862, 360 So. 2d 1206 .
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. 950