Majority
p. 872No. 85-7010. King v. Illinois.
Sup. Ct. Ill. Motion of petitioner to consolidate the petition for writ of certiorari with No. 84-6075, Tison v. Arizona [certiorari granted, 475 U. S. 1010 ], denied. Certiorari denied.
dissenting.
Adhering to our views that the death penalty is in all circumstances cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth
Dissent — Brennan J.
p. 873
and Fourteenth Amendments, Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U. S. 153 , 227, 231 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentence in this case.
Cases cited
- Gregg v. Georgia 428 U. S. 153 at 231 p. 873