p. 1012No. 89-5795. No. 89-5802. No. 89-5958. Putman v. Zant, Superintendent, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center. Holladay v. Alabama. Valerio v. Nevada.
Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County;
Sup. Ct. Ala.; and
Sup. Ct. Nev. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 89-5802, 549 So. 2d 135 ; No. 89-5958, 105 Nev. 1051 , 810 P. 2d 344 .
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. 1012