Majority
p. 1073No. 83-5387. No. 83-5737. No. 83-5776. Mitchell v. Texas. Cooper v. Florida. Coleman v. Oklahoma.
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; Sup. Ct. Fla.; and Ct. Crim. App. Okla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 83-5387, 650 S. W. 2d 801 ; No. 83-5737, 437 So. 2d 1070 ; No. 83-5776, 668 P. 2d 1126 .
dissenting.
Adhering to our views that the death penalty is in all circumstances cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth
Dissent — Brennan J.
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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. 1074