Majority
p. 891No. 79-6570. No. 79-6580. No. 79-6585. No. 79-6619. No. 79-6636. No. 79-6706. No. 79-6752. No. 79-6798. No. 79-6809. No. 79-6826. No. 79-6830. No. 79-6876. No. 79-6887. No. 80-5042. No. 80-5080. No. 80-5113. Holtan v. Nebraska. Houston v. Tennessee. Stevens v. Georgia. Aldridge v. Florida. Fitzpatrick v. Montana. Campbell v. Zant, Warden. Evans v. Arizona. Fitzpatrick v. Sentence Review Division of Supreme Court of Montana. Tucker v. Georgia. Prejean v. Louisiana. McClesky v. Georgia. Pierre v. Morris, Warden. Andrews v. Morris, Warden. English v. Texas. Presnell v. Zant, Warden. Williams v. Nebraska.
Sup. Ct. Neb.;
Sup. Ct. Tenn.;
Sup. Ct. Ga.;
Sup. Ct. Fla.;
Sup. Ct. Mont.;
Sup. Ct. Ariz.;
Sup. Ct. La.;
Sup. Ct. Utah;
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;
Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County; and
Sup. Ct. Neb. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 79-6570, 205 Neb. 314 , 287 N. W. 2d 671 ; No. 79-6580, 593 S. W. 2d 267 ; No. 79-6585, 245 Ga. 583 , 266 S. E. 2d 194 ; No. 79-6636, - Mont. -, 606 P. 2d 1343 ; No. 79-6706, 245 Ga. 368 , 265 S.
Dissent — Brennan J.
p. 892
124 Ariz. 526 , 606 P. 2d 16 ; No. 79-6809, 245 Ga. 68 , 263 S. E. 2d 109 ; No. 79-6826, 379 So. 2d 240 ; No. 79-6830, 245 Ga. 108 , 263 S. E. 2d 146 ; No. 79-6876, 607 P. 2d 812 ; No. 79-6887, 607 P. 2d 816 ; No. 80-5042, 592 S. W. 2d 949 ; No. 80-5113, 205 Neb. 56 , 287 N. W. 2d 18 .
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. 892