LeDuc v. Florida

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Miss.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Fla. ;

Sup. Ct. Ga.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 78-6567, 365 So. 2d 149 ; No. 78-6577, 365 So. 2d 1198 ; No. 78-6637, see 328 So. 2d 430 ; No. 78-6650, 576 S. W. 2d 51 ; No. 78-6695, 243 Ga. 131 , 252 S. E. 2d 625 ; No. 78-6740, 365 So. 2d 704 ; No. 78-6897, 243 Ga. 120 , 252 S. E. 2d 609 ; No. 79-5059, 366 So. 2d 752 ; No. 79-5075, 366 So. 2d 745 ; No. 79-5115, 243 Ga. 532 , 255 S. E. 2d 1 ; No. 79-5143, 243 Ga. 185 , 253 S. E. 2d 70 ; No. 79-5169, 369 So. 2d 928 .

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.