Majority
p. 922No. 83-5209. No. 83-5267. Booker v. Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections. Sullivan v. Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections.
C. A. 11th Cir.; and
C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 83-5209, 703 F. 2d 1251 ; No. 83-5267, 695 F. 2d 1306 .
dissenting.
Adhering to our views that the death penalty is in all circumstances cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth
Dissent — Brennan J.
p. 923
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. 923