Majority
p. 890No. 85-6753. No. 85-7122. No. 86-5021. No. 86-5327. Compton v. New Mexico. Kennedy v. Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Bowers v. Maryland. Gilreath v. Kemp, Warden.
Sup. Ct. N. M.;
Sup. Ct. Fla.;
Ct. App. Md.; and
Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 85-6753, 104 N. M. 683 ,
Dissent — Brennan J.
p. 891
726 P. 2d 837 ; No. 85-7122, 483 So. 2d 424 ; No. 86-5021, 306 Md. 120 , 507 A. 2d 1072 .
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. 891