Majority
Sup. Ct. La.;
Sup. Ct. Fla.;
Sup. Ct. S. C.; and
Dissent — Brennan J.
Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 81-5044, 397 So. 2d 1258 ; No. 81-5698, 402 So. 2d 650 ; No. 81-5971, 403 So. 2d 331 ; No. 81-6454, 407 So. 2d 1150 ; No. 82-5935, 421 So. 2d 1385 ; No. 82-6110, 420 So. 2d 567 ; No. 82-6425, 278 S. C. 468 , 299 S. E. 2d 317 ; No. 82-6663, 426 So. 2d 548 .
No. 82-6663.
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. 1230