p. 1103No. 79-5705. No. 79-5714. No. 79-5744. No. 79-5830. No. 79-5861. Stanley v. Zant, Superintendent, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center. Thomas v. Zant, Warden. Alderman v. Balkcom, Warden. Bowden v. Zant, Warden. Coppola v. Virginia.
Sup. Ct. Ga.;
Sup. Ct. Ga.; and
Sup. Ct. Va. Cer-tiorari denied. Reported below: No. 79-5830, 244 Ga. 260 , 260 S. E. 2d 465 ; No. 79-5861, 220 Va. 243 , 257 S. E. 2d 797 .
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. 1103