p. 976No. 80-5103. No. 80-5317. No. 80-5359. Downs v. Florida. Redd v. Balkcom, Warden. Davis v. Texas.
Sup. Ct. Fla.;
Sup. Ct. Ga.; and
Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 80-5359, 597 S. W. 2d 358 .
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. 976