Majority
p. 1256No. 83-6260. No. 83-6266. No. 83-6452. No. 83-6500. No. 83-6608. No. 83-6636. Travaglia v. Pennsylvania. Lesko v. Pennsylvania. Tokman v. Mississippi. Dutton v. Oklahoma. Willis v. Zant, Warden. Guzman v. New Mexico.
Sup. Ct. Pa.;
Sup. Ct. Miss.;
Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;
C. A. 11th Cir.; and
Sup. Ct. N. M. Certiorari denied. Reported below: Nos. 83-6260 and 83-6266, 502 Pa. 474 , 467 A. 2d 288 ; No. 83-6452, 435 So. 2d 664 ; No. 83-6500, 674 P. 2d 1134 ; No. 83-6608, 720 F. 2d 1212 ; No. 83-6636, 100 N. M. 756 , 676 P. 2d 1321 .
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 ,
Dissent — Brennan J.
p. 1257
227, 231 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.
Cases cited
- 720 F. 2d 1212 720 F. 2d 1212 p. 1256
- Gregg v. Georgia 428 U. S. 153 p. 1256