p. 909No. 85-6523. No. 85-6545. No. 85-6696. No. 85-6963. No. 85-6974. Phillips, aka Bashir v. Texas. James v. Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Mathenia v. Missouri. Jones v. Missouri. Peede v. Florida.
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;
Sup. Ct. Fla.;
Sup. Ct. Mo.;
Sup. Ct. Mo.; and
Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 85-6523, 701 S. W. 2d 875 ; No. 85-6545, 484 So. 2d 1235 ; No. 85-6696, 702 S. W. 2d 840 ; No. 85-6963, 705 S. W. 2d 19 ; No. 85-6974, 474 So. 2d 808 .
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. 909