Dufour v. Mississippi

Sup. Ct. Miss.;

Ct. App. Md.;

Sup. Ct. N. C.;

Sup. Ct. Va.;

Sup. Ct. Mo.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

Sup. Ct. Ariz. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 84-5626, 453 So. 2d 337 ; No. 84-5727, 454 So. 2d 468 ; No. 84-5735, 300 Md. 387 , 478 A. 2d 1143 ; No. 84-5783, 454 So. 2d 445 ; No. 84-5792, 311 N. C. 489 , 319 S. E. 2d 591 ; No. 84-5845, 312 N. C. 1 , 320 S. E. 2d 642 ; No. 84-5880, 228 Va. 124 , 321 S. E. 2d 273 ; No. 84-5881, 676 S. W. 2d 494 ; No. 84-5960, 456 So. 2d 885 ; No. 84-5964, 142 Ariz. 323 , 690 P. 2d 42 .

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.