p. 910No. 81-6158. No. 81-6172. Vanderbilt v. Texas. Christopher v. Florida.
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; and
Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 81-6158, 629 S. W. 2d 709 ; No. 81-6172, 407 So. 2d 198 .
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. 910