p. 931No. 80-5693. No. 80-6322. No. 80-6345. No. 80-6401. Crawford v. Texas. Skillern v. Texas. Bullock v. Mississippi. Young v. Zant, Warden.
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;
Sup. Ct. Miss.; and
Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 80-5693, 617 S. W. 2d 925 ; No. 80-6322, 609 S. W. 2d 762 ; No. 80-6345, 391 So. 2d 601 .
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. 931