Majority
p. 865No. 84-6474. No. 84-6551. No. 84-6596. No. 84-6651. No. 84-6653. No. 84-6771. No. 84-6823. No. 84-6833. No. 84-6852. No. 84-6861. No. 84-6879. No. 84-6899. No. 84-6907. No. 84-6911. No. 84-6970. No. 85-5044. No. 85-5095. No. 85-5119. No. 85-5212. No. 85-5220. No. 85-5224. No. 85-5225. Johnson v. Texas. Bonham v. Texas. Lewis v. Illinois. Thompson v. Texas. Flamer v. Delaware. Roach v. Martin, Warden, et al. Walker v. Georgia. Duff-Smith v. Texas. Brown v. Francis, Warden. Mathis v. Kemp, Warden. Johnson v. Florida. Hopkinson v. Wyoming. Dick v. Georgia. Burden v. Kemp, Warden. Damon v. South Carolina. Stafford v. Oklahoma. Provens v. Morris, Superintendent, Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, et al. Oats v. Florida. Grayson v. Alabama. Pinkerton v. McCotter, Director, Texas Department of Corrections. Poyner v. Virginia. Poyner v. Virginia.
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;
Sup. Ct. Ill.;
Sup. Ct. Del.;
C. A. 4th Cir.;
Sup. Ct. Ga.;
Sup. Ct. Fla.;
Sup. Ct. Wyo.;
Sup. Ct. S. C.;
Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;
C. A. 6th Cir.;
Sup. Ct. Ala.;
C. A. 5th Cir.;
Sup. Ct. Va; and
Sup. Ct. Va. Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 84-6474, 691 S. W. 2d 619 ;
Dissent — Brennan J.
p. 866
No. 84-6551, 680 S. W. 2d 815 ; No. 84-6596, 105 Ill. 2d 226 , 473 N. E. 2d 901 ; No. 84-6651, 691 S. W. 2d 627 ; No. 84-6653, 490 A. 2d 104 ; No. 84-6771, 757 F. 2d 1463 ; No. 84-6823, 254 Ga. 149 , 327 S. E. 2d 475 ; No. 84-6833, 685 S. W. 2d 26 ; No. 84-6852, 254 Ga. 83 , 326 S. E. 2d 735 ; No. 84-6879, 465 So. 2d 499 ; No. 84-6899, 696 P. 2d 54 ; No. 84-6970, 285 S. C. 125 , 328 S. E. 2d 628 ; No. 85-5044, 700 P. 2d 223 ; No. 85-5119, 472 So. 2d 1143 ; No. 85-5212, 479 So. 2d 76 ; Nos. 85-5224 and 85-5225, 229 Va. 401 , 329 S. E. 2d 815 .
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
- 757 F. 2d 1463 757 F. 2d 1463 p. 866
- Gregg v. Georgia 428 U. S. 153 at 231 p. 866