Majority
p. 970No. 82-6514. Zettlemoyer v. Pennsylvania.
Sup. Ct. Pa.; and
Dissent — Brennan J.
p. 971Gretzler v. Arizona.
No. 82-6556.
Sup. Ct. Ariz. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 82-6514, 500 Pa. 16 , 454 A. 2d 937 ; No. 82-6556, 135 Ariz. 42 , 659 P. 2d 1 .
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. 971