Johnson v. Florida

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. Ariz.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Cal.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County;

Sup. Ct. Neb.;

Sup. Ct. Neb.; and

Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 80-6610, 393 So. 2d 1069 ; No. 80-6614, 128 Ariz. 150 , 624 P. 2d 828 ; No. 80-6671, 247 Ga. 119 , 274 S. E. 2d 549 ; No. 80-6702, 28 Cal. 3d 935 , 623 P. 2d 240 ; No. 80-6749, 247 Ga. 172 , 274 S. E. 2d 317 ; No. 80-6786, 247 Ga. 219 , 275 S. E. 2d 29 ; No. 80-6839, 247 Ga. 298 , 275 S. E. 2d 52 ; No. 80-6844, 247 Ga. 276 , 276 S. E. 2d 242 ; Nos. 80-6864 and 81-5062, 615 S. W. 2d 142 ; No. 80-6877, 247 Ga. 316 , 276 S. E. 2d 15 ; No. 80-6949, 398 So. 2d 439 ; No. 81-5046, 397 So. 2d 277 ; No. 81-5048, 208 Neb. 568 , 304 N. W. 2d 663 ; No. 81-5056, 208 Neb. 320 , 303 N. W. 2d 490 ; No. 81-5157, 208 Neb. 639 , 305 N. W. 2d 354 ; No. 81-5158, 397 So. 2d 648 .

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.