ORDER
This is an appeal in which a number of questions were certified to us pursuant to the provisions of G.L. 1956 (1969 Reenactment) § 12-22-10. On February 19, 1979, we answered one of the questions by ruling that the mandatory death provisions of § 11-23-2 violate the eighth amendment's prohibition against "cruel and unusual punishments." Thereafter, we denied the defendant's motion that this case be immediately remanded to the Superior Court.
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