p. 973No. 80-6604. No. 80-6623. Thomas v. Georgia. Collins v. Arkansas.
Sup. Ct. Ga.; and
Sup. Ct. Ark. Cer-tiorari denied. Reported below: No. 80-6604, 247 Ga. 233 , 275 S. E. 2d 318 ; No. 80-6623, 271 Ark. 825 , 611 S. W. 2d 182 .
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. 973