p. 1063No. 83-5670. No. 83-5695. No. 83-5701. No. 83-5705. Levasseur v. Virginia. Dobard v. Alabama. Adams v. Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections. Coe v. Tennessee.
Sup. Ct. Va.;
Sup. Ct. Ala.;
C. A. 11th Cir.; and
Sup. Ct. Tenn. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 83-5670, 225 Va. 564 , 304 S. E. 2d 644 ; No. 83-5695, 435 So. 2d 1351 ; No. 83-5701, 709 F. 2d 1443 ; No. 83-5705, 655 S. W. 2d 903 .
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
- 709 F. 2d 1443 709 F. 2d 1443 p. 1063
- Gregg v. Georgia 428 U. S. 153 at 231 p. 1063