p. 1046No. 86-5420. No. 86-5614. No. 86-5844. Bell v. Texas. Carter v. Tennessee. Boyd v. Indiana.
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;
Sup. Ct. Tenn.; and
Sup. Ct. Ind. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 86-5420, 707 S. W. 2d 52 ; No. 86-5614, 714 S. W. 2d 241 ; No. 86-5844, 494 N. E. 2d 284 .
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. 1046