p. 918No. 87-5327. Robbins v. North Carolina. Watkins v. Alabama. Coleman v. Bass, Warden. No. 87-5364. No. 87-5448.
Sup. Ct. N. C.;
Sup. Ct. Ala.; and
Sup. Ct. Va. Certiorari 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 certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.
Cases cited
- Gregg v. Georgia 428 U. S. 153 at 231 p. 918