p. 1112No. 82-6424. No. 82-6466. No. 82-6579. Garcia v. New Mexico. Ruiz v. Illinois. Turner v. Morris, Superintendent, Mecklenburg Correctional Center.
Sup. Ct. N. M.;
Sup. Ct. Ill.; and
Sup. Ct. Va. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 82-6424, 99 N. M. 771 , 664 P. 2d 969 ; No. 82-6466, 94 Ill. 2d 245 , 447 N. E. 2d 148 .
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. 1112