p. 1228No. 82-5853. No. 82-5877. No. 82-5879. No. 82-5902. No. 82-5909. Fitzgerald v. Virginia. Johnson v. Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center. Daugherty v. Florida. Stevens v. Florida. Peek v. Florida.
Sup. Ct. Va.;
Sup. Ct. Ga.;
Sup. Ct. Fla.;
Sup. Ct. Fla.; and
Sup. Ct. Fla. Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 82-5853, 223 Va. 615 , 292 S. E. 2d 798 ; No. 82-5877, 249 Ga. 812 , 295 S. E. 2d 63 ; No. 82-5879, 419 So. 2d 1067 ; No. 82-5902, 419 So. 2d 1058 ; No. 82-5909, 422 So. 2d 843 .
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. 1228