p. 935No. 85-5164. No. 85-5180. No. 85-5291. No. 85-5308. No. 85-5310. No. 85-5477. Collins et al. v. Illinois. Madej v. Illinois. Cooks v. Oklahoma. Thomas v. McCotter, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, et al. Baxter v. Georgia. Harrell v. Alabama.
Sup. Ct. Ill.;
Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;
C. A. 5th Cir.;
Sup. Ct. Ga.; and
Ct. Crim. App. Ala. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 85-5164, 106 Ill. 2d 237 , 478 N. E. 2d 267 ; No. 85-5180, 106 Ill. 2d 201 , 478 N. E. 2d 392 ; No. 85-5291, 699 P. 2d 653 ; No. 85-5308, 767 F. 2d 916 ; No. 85-5310, 254 Ga. 538 , 331 S. E. 2d 561 ; No. 85-5477, 470 So. 2d 1303 .
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
- 767 F. 2d 916 767 F. 2d 916 p. 935
- Gregg v. Georgia 428 U. S. 153 at 231 p. 935