p. 927No. 80-6843. No. 81-5628. No. 81-5687. No. 81-5749. No. 81-5801. High v. Georgia. Roach v. South Carolina et al. Coppola v. Warden, Virginia State Penitentiary. Morgan v. Montgomery, Warden, Georgia State Prison. Wallace v. Georgia.
Sup. Ct. Ga.;
Sup. Ct. S. C.;
Sup. Ct. Va.;
Sup. Ct. Ga.; and
Sup. Ct. Ga. Cer-tiorari denied. Reported below: No. 80-6843, 247 Ga. 289 , 276 S. E. 2d 5 ; No. 81-5687, 222 Va. 369 , 282 S. E. 2d 10 ; No. 81-5801, 248 Ga. 255 , 282 S. E. 2d 325 .
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. 927