p. 1025No. 80-947. No. 80-1204. No. 80-5862. No. 80-6127. Chaney v. Oklahoma. Anderson v. Nebraska. Hochstein v. Nebraska. McDowell v. North Carolina.
Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;
Sup. Ct. Neb.;
Sup. Ct. Neb.; and
Sup. Ct.
N. C. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 80-947, 612 P. 2d 269 ; Nos. 80-1204 and 80-5862, 207 Neb. 51 , 296 N. W. 2d 440 ; No. 80-6127, 301 N. C. 279 , 271 S. E. 2d 286 .
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. 1025