Majority
p. 1073No. 83-5799. No. 83-5943. No. 83-6016. Russell v. Texas. Gilbert v. New Mexico. Williams v. Tennessee.
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;
Sup. Ct. N. M.;
Sup. Ct. Tenn.;
Dissent — Brennan J.
p. 1074
No. 83-6020.
No. 83-6043.
No. 83-6148.
Smith v. Arizona.
Engle v. Florida.
Teffeteller v. Florida.
Sup. Ct. Ariz.;
Sup. Ct. Fla.; and
Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 83-5799, 655 S. W. 2d 711 ; No. 83-5943, 100 N. M. 392 , 671 P. 2d 640 ; No. 83-6016, 657 S. W. 2d 405 ; No. 83-6020, 138 Ariz. 79 , 673 P. 2d 17 ; No. 83-6043, 438 So. 2d 803 ; No. 83-6148, 439 So. 2d 840 .
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. 1074