Majority
p. 977No. 83-5153. No. 83-5389. No. 83-5406. No. 83-5567. Hill v. Mississippi. Mincey v. Georgia. Bunch v. Virginia. Waterhouse v. Florida.
Sup. Ct. Miss.;
Sup. Ct. Ga.;
Sup. Ct. Va.; and
Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 83-5153, 432 So. 2d 427 ; No. 83-5389, 251 Ga. 255 , 304 S. E. 2d 882 ; No. 83-5406, 225 Va. 423 , 304 S. E. 2d 271 ; No. 83-5567, 429 So. 2d 301 .
dissenting.
Adhering to our views that the death penalty is in all circumstances cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth
Dissent — Brennan J.
p. 978
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. 978