p. 1120No. 84-6453. No. 84-6498. No. 84-6508. No. 84-6522. Gaskins v. South Carolina. Lawson v. North Carolina. Stewart v. Illinois. Hardwick v. Florida.
Sup. Ct. S. C.;
Sup. Ct. N. C.;
Sup. Ct. Ill.; and
Sup. Ct. Fla. Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 84-6453, 284 S. C. 105 , 326 S. E. 2d 132 ; No. 84-6498, 310 N. C. 632 , 314 S. E. 2d 493 ; No. 84-6508, 104 Ill. 2d 463 , 473 N. E. 2d 1227 ; No. 84-6522, 461 So. 2d 79 .
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. 1120