p. 957No. 79-5247. No. 79-5376. No. 79-5395. Shaw v. South Carolina. Jones v. Georgia. Spivey v. Zant, Warden.
Sup. Ct. S. C.;
Sup. Ct. Ga.; and
Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 79-5247, 273 S. C. 194 , 255 S. E. 2d 799 ; No. 79-5376, 243 Ga. 820 , 256 S. E. 2d 907 .
dissenting.
Adhering to my 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 (1976), I would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.
Cases cited
- Gregg v. Georgia 428 U. S. 153 p. 957