p. 957No. 81-5086. No. 81-5329. No. 81-5372. Booker v. Florida. Funchess v. Florida. Barfield v. North Carolina.
Sup. Ct. Fla.;
Sup. Ct. Fla.; and
Sup. Ct. N. C. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 81-5086, 397 So. 2d 910 ; No. 81-5329, 399 So. 2d 356 .
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. 957