p. 988No. 79-1438. No. 79-5921. No. 79-6194. No. 79-6250. No. 79-6422. Otey v. Nebraska. Blake v. Georgia. O'Bryan v. Texas. Gray v. Mississippi. Burger v. Georgia.
Sup. Ct. Neb.;
Sup. Ct. Ga.;
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;
Sup. Ct. Miss.; and
Sup. Ct. Ga. Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 79-1438, 205 Neb. 90 , 287 N. W. 2d 36 ; No. 79-5921, 244 Ga. 466 , 260 S. E. 2d 876 ; No. 79-6194, 591 S. W. 2d 464 ; No. 79-6250, 375 So. 2d 994 ; No. 79-6422, 245 Ga. 458 , 265 S. E. 2d 796 .
dissenting.
Adhering to our view 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. 988