p. 1026No. 85-5551. No. 85-5608. No. 85-5648. Hopkinson v. Wyoming. Smith v. North Carolina. Moore v. Indiana.
Sup. Ct. Wyo.;
Super. Ct. N. C., Halifax County; and
Sup. Ct. Ind. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 85-5551, 704 P. 2d 1323 ; No. 85-5648, 479 N. E. 2d 1264 .
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. 1026