v.
Florida Greenawalt v. Arizona Tyler v. Georgia McManus v. Texas Harris v. California Nelson v. Georgia Strickland v. Georgia Brown v. Georgia Justus v. Georgia Groseclose v. Tennessee Rickman v. Tennessee Messer v. Georgia Dougan v. Florida Douthit v. Zant, Warden Ruffin v. Florida Harper v. Nebraska Rust v. Nebraska Peery v. Nebraska Palmes v. Florida
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Sup. Ct. Fla.;
Sup. Ct. Ariz.;
Sup. Ct. Ga.;
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;
Sup. Ct. Cal.;
Sup. Ct. Ga.;
Sup. Ct. Ga.;
Sup. Ct. Ga.;
Sup. Ct. Ga.;
Sup. Ct. Tenn.;
Sup. Ct. Tenn.;
Sup. Ct. Ga.;
Sup. Ct. Fla.;
Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County;
Sup. Ct. Fla.;
Sup. Ct. Neb.;
Sup. Ct. Neb.;
Sup. Ct. Neb.; and
Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 80-6610, 393 So. 2d 1069; No. 80-6614, 128 Ariz. 150, 624 P. 2d 828; No. 80-6671, 247 Ga. 119, 274 S. E. 2d 549; No. 80-6702, 28 Cal. 3d 935, 623 P. 2d 240; No. 80-6749, 247 Ga. 172, 274 S. E. 2d 317; No. 80-6786, 247 Ga. 219, 275 S. E. 2d 29; No. 80-6839, 247 Ga. 298, 275 S. E. 2d 52; No. 80-6844, 247 Ga. 276, 276 S. E. 2d 242; Nos. 80-6864 and 81-5062, 615 S. W. 2d 142; No. 80-6877, 247 Ga. 316, 276 S. E. 2d 15; No. 80-6949, 398 So. 2d 439; No. 81-5046, 397 So. 2d 277; No. 81-5048, 208 Neb. 568, 304 N. W. 2d 663; No. 81-5056, 208 Neb. 320, 303 N. W. 2d 490; No. 81-5157, 208 Neb. 639, 305 N. W. 2d 354; No. 81-5158, 397 So. 2d 648.
Dissent
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.