Majority
p. 963No. 83-6919. No. 83-6946. No. 84-5045. No. 84-5170. No. 84-5175. No. 84-5180. No. 84-5205. No. 84-5298. No. 84-5334. No. 84-5349. No. 84-5351. Frey v. Pennsylvania. Stoyko v. Pennsylvania. Collins v. Francis, Warden. Owens v. Illinois. Owens v. Illinois. Pruett v. Arkansas. Caballero v. Illinois. Kelly v. Texas. Maynard v. North Carolina. Rickman v. Tennessee. White v. Kentucky.
Sup. Ct. Pa.;
C. A. 11th Cir.;
Sup. Ct. Ill.;
Sup. Ct. Ark.;
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;
Sup. Ct. N. C.;
Ct. Crim. App. Tenn.; and
Sup. Ct. Ky. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 83-6919, 504 Pa. 428 , 475 A. 2d 700 ; No. 83-6946, 504 Pa. 455 , 475 A. 2d 714 ; No. 84-5045, 728 F. 2d 1322 ; No. 84-5170, 102 Ill. 2d 145 , 464 N. E. 2d 252 ; No. 84-5175, 102 Ill. 2d 88 , 464 N.
Dissent — Brennan J.
p. 964
Ark. 304 , 669 S. W. 2d 186 ; No. 84-5205, 102 Ill. 2d 23 , 464 N. E. 2d 223 ; No. 84-5298, 667 S. W. 2d 720 ; No. 84-5334, 311 N. C. 1 , 316 S. E. 2d 197 ; No. 84-5351, 671 S. W. 2d 241 .
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
- 728 F. 2d 1322 728 F. 2d 1322 p. 963
- Gregg v. Georgia 428 U. S. 153 at 231 p. 964