Majority
p. 975No. 85-5417. No. 85-5478. No. 85-5486. No. 85-5548. Edmonds v. Virginia. Martinez-Villareal v. Arizona. Booker v. Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections. Kennedy v. Alabama.
Sup. Ct. Va.;
Sup. Ct. Ariz.;
C. A. 11th Cir.; and
Sup. Ct. Ala. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 85-5417, 229 Va. 303 , 329 S. E. 2d 807 ; No. 85-5478, 145 Ariz. 441 , 702 P. 2d 670 ; No. 85-5486, 764 F. 2d 1371 ; No. 85-5548, 472 So. 2d 1106 .
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 ,
Dissent — Brennan J.
p. 976
227, 231 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.
Cases cited
- 764 F. 2d 1371 764 F. 2d 1371 p. 975
- Gregg v. Georgia 428 U. S. 153 p. 975