Majority
p. 1093No. 85-5678. No. 85-5727. No. 85-5831. McKenna v. Nevada. Johnson v. Maryland. Stano v. Florida.
Sup. Ct. Nev.;
Ct. App. Md.;
Sup. Ct. Fla.;
Dissent — Brennan J.
p. 1094Griffin v. Florida. Butler v. South Carolina. Francis v. Florida.
No. 85-5882.
No. 85-5926.
No. 85-5930.
Sup. Ct. Fla.;
Sup. Ct. S. C.; and
Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 85-5678, 101 Nev. 338 , 705 P. 2d 614 ; No. 85-5727, 303 Md. 487 , 495 A. 2d 1 ; No. 85-5831, 473 So. 2d 1282 ; No. 85-5882, 474 So. 2d 777 ; No. 85-5926, 286 S. C. 441 , 334 S. E. 2d 813 ; No. 85-5930, 473 So. 2d 672 .
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. 1094