p. 907No. 79-5533. No. 79-6099. No. 79-6350. Burks v. Texas. Starvaggi v. Texas. Barfield v. North Carolina.
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; and
Sup. Ct. N. C. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 79-5533, 583 S. W. 2d 389 ; No. 79-6099, 593 S. W. 2d 323 ; No. 79-6350, 298 N. C. 306 , 259 S. E. 2d 510 .
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. 907