McDonald v. Missouri

Sup. Ct. Mo.;

C. A. 4th Cir.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

Sup. Ct. N. C.;

Sup. Ct. S. C.;

Sup. Ct. Ala.;

Sup. Ct. S. C.; and

Sup. Ct. Mo. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 83-6298, 661 S. W. 2d 497 ; No. 84-6006, 748 F. 2d 852 ; No. 84-6036, 682 S. W. 2d 301 ; No. 84-6098, 676 S. W. 2d 364 ; No. 84-6131, 253 Ga. 604 , 323 S. E. 2d 150 ; No. 84-6167, 458 So. 2d 226 ; No. 84-6183, 312 N. C. 92 , 322 S. E. 2d 110 ; Nos. 84-6186 and 84-6189, 285 S. C. 21 , 328 S. E. 2d 464 ; No. 84-6223, 459 So. 2d 948 ; No. 84-6230, 285 S. C. 13 , 328 S. E. 2d 53 ; No. 84-6254, 680 S. W. 2d 141 .

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.