p. 1038No. 81-6082. No. 81-6131. No. 81-6143. No. 81-6151. Ruffin v. Austin, Warden, Georgia State Prison. Evans v. Virginia. Rook v. North Carolina. Cunningham v. Georgia.
Super. Ct. Ga., Tatnall County;
Sup. Ct. Va.;
Sup. Ct. N. C.; and
Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 81-6131, 222 Va. 766 , 284 S. E. 2d 816 ; No. 81-6143, 304 N. C. 201 , 283 S. E. 2d 732 ; No. 81-6151, 248 Ga. 558 , 284 S. E. 2d 390 .
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. 1038