p. 908No. 82-6973. No. 82-6979. No. 83-5077. No. 83-5124. No. 83-5146. No. 83-5366. Lindsey v. Louisiana. LaRette v. Missouri. Smith v. Missouri. Hopkinson v. Wyoming. Craig et al. v. North Carolina. James v. Louisiana.
Sup. Ct. La.;
Sup. Ct. Mo.;
Sup. Ct. Wyo.;
Sup. Ct. N. C.; and
Sup. Ct. La. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 82-6973, 428 So. 2d 420 ; No. 82-6979, 648 S. W. 2d 96 ; No. 83-5077, 649 S. W. 2d 417 ; No. 83-5124, 664 P. 2d 43 ; No. 83-5146, 308 N. C. 446 , 302 S. E. 2d 740 ; No. 83-5366, 431 So. 2d 399 .
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. 908