p. 1109No. 83-5965. No. 83-6097. No. 83-6136. Evans v. Texas. Coleman v. Virginia. Dillon v. Indiana.
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;
Sup. Ct. Va.; and
Sup. Ct. Ind. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 83-5965, 656 S. W. 2d 65 ; No. 83-6097, 226 Va. 31 , 307 S. E. 2d 864 ; No. 83-6136, 454 N. E. 2d 845 .
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. 1109