p. 928No. 81-6952. No. 82-5012. No. 82-5084. No. 82-5275. No. 82-5306. Tucker v. Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center. King v. Texas. Spraggins v. Zant, Warden. Edwards v. Mississippi. Shaw v. Missouri.
Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County;
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;
Sup. Ct. Miss.; and
Sup. Ct. Mo. Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 82-5012, 631 S. W. 2d 486 ; No. 82-5275, 413 So. 2d 1007 ; No. 82-5306, 636 S. W. 2d 667 .
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. 928