p. 1011No. 80-6366. No. 80-6368. No. 80-6375. Turner v. Virginia. Jones v. Zant, Warden. Solomon v. Georgia.
Sup. Ct. Va.;
Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County; and
Sup. Ct. Ga. Cer-tiorari denied. Reported below: No. 80-6366, 221 Va. 513 , 273 S. E. 2d 36 ; No. 80-6375, 247 Ga. 27 , 277 S. E. 2d 1 .
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. 1011