Majority
Sup. Ct. Ariz.;
Sup. Ct. Cal.;
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;
Ct. Crim. App. Tenn.;
Sup. Ct. Fla.;
Sup. Ct. Ill.;
Dissent — Brennan J.
No. 84-5261.
No. 84-5265.
No. 84-5269.
No. 84-5505.
Sup. Ct. Ky.;
Sup. Ct. Mo.;
Sup. Ct. Fla.; and
C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 83-6704, 138 Ariz. 63 , 673 P. 2d 1 ; No. 83-7013, 35 Cal. 3d 329 , 673 P. 2d 680 ; No. 83-7014, 667 S. W. 2d 137 ; No. 84-5200, 450 So. 2d 208 ; No. 84-5206, 102 Ill. 2d 54 , 464 N. E. 2d 206 ; No. 84-5261, 669 S. W. 2d 519 ; No. 84-5265, 673 S. W. 2d 1 ; No. 84-5269, 449 So. 2d 253 ; No. 84-5505, 742 F. 2d 155 .
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
- 742 F. 2d 155 742 F. 2d 155 p. 893
- Gregg v. Georgia 428 U. S. 153 at 231 p. 893