p. 938No. 81-6081. No. 81-6156. No. 81-6174. No. 81-6235. No. 81-6245. No. 81-6353. Cervi v. Georgia. White v. Texas. Franklin v. Zant, Superintendent, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center. Thompson v. South Carolina. Singleton v. Arkansas. Bassett v. Virginia.
Sup. Ct. Ga.;
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;
Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County;
Sup. Ct. S. C.;
Sup. Ct. Ark.; and
Sup. Ct. Va. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 81-6081, 248 Ga. 325 , 282 S. E. 2d 629 ; No. 81-6156, 629 S. W. 2d 701 ; No. 81-6235, 278 S. C. 1 , 292 S. E. 2d 581 ; No. 81-6245, 274 Ark. 126 , 623 S. W. 2d 180 ; No. 81-6353, 222 Va. 844 , 284 S. E. 2d 844 .
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. 938