Majority
p. 1033No. 84-6960 (A-959). Mason v. Sielaff, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections.
C.
Dissent — Brennan J.
p. 1034
Chief Justice, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Cer-tiorari denied.
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 the application for stay and the petition for writ of certiorari and would vacate the death sentence in this case.
Cases cited
- Gregg v. Georgia 428 U. S. 153 at 231 p. 1034