p. 933No. 81-5038. No. 81-5169. No. 81-5192. No. 81-5271. No. 81-5336. Demps v. Florida. Jacobs v. Florida. Dicks v. Tennessee. Swindler v. Arkansas. Martin v. North Carolina.
Sup. Ct. Fla.;
Sup. Ct. Tenn.;
Sup. Ct. Ark.; and
Sup. Ct. N. C. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 81-5038, 395 So. 2d 501 ; No. 81-5169, 396 So. 2d 1113 ; No. 81-5192, 615 S. W. 2d 126 ; No. 81-5271, 272 Ark. 340 , 617 S. W. 2d 1 ; No. 81-5336, 303 N. C. 246 , 278 S. E. 2d 214 .
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. 933