p. 1090No. 85-5375. No. 85-6145. No. 85-6229. No. 85-6259. No. 85-6268. No. 85-6270. No. 85-6275. Blanks v. Georgia. Guzmon v. Texas. Collins v. Georgia. Curry v. Georgia. Roman v. Florida. Laney v. Tennessee. Jones v. Illinois.
Sup. Ct. Ga.;
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;
Super. Ct. Ga., Houston County;
Sup. Ct. Fla.;
Ct. Crim. App. Tenn.; and
Sup. Ct. Ill. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 85-5375, 254 Ga. 420 , 330 S. E. 2d 575 ; No. 85-6145, 697 S. W. 2d 404 ; No. 85-6259, 255 Ga. 215 , 336 S. E. 2d 762 ; No. 85-6268, 475 So. 2d 1228 ; No. 85-6275, 109 Ill. 2d 19 , 485 N. E. 2d 363 .
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. 1090