p. 930No. 79-6470. No. 79-6614. Franklin v. Georgia. Dobbs v. Hopper, Warden.
Sup. Ct. Ga.; and
Super. Ct. Ga., Tattnall County. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 79-6470, 245 Ga. 141 , 263 S. E. 2d 666 .
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. 930