p. 986No. 79-6715. No. 79-6862. No. 79-6884. No. 80-5119. No. 80-5163. No. 80-5249. No. 80-5399. Culberson v. Mississippi. Stone v. Florida. Fair v. Georgia. Mulligan v. Georgia. Esquivel v. Texas. Reddix v. Mississippi. Jordan v. Arizona.
Sup. Ct. Miss.;
Sup. Ct. Fla.;
Sup. Ct. Ga.;
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;
Sup. Ct. Miss.; and
Sup. Ct. Ariz. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 79-6715, 379 So. 2d 499 ; No. 79-6862, 378 So. 2d 765 ; No. 79-6884, 245 Ga. 868 , 268 S. E. 2d 316 ; No. 80-5119, 245 Ga. 266 , 264 S. E. 2d 204 ; No. 80-5163, 595 S. W. 2d 516 ; No. 80-5249, 381 So. 2d 999 ; No. 80-5399, 126 Ariz. 283 , 614 P. 2d 825 .
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. 986