p. 922No. 85-7013. No. 86-5192. No. 86-5297. No. 86-5362. No. 86-5369. No. 86-5381. No. 86-5452. Stringer v. Mississippi. Evans v. McCotter, Director, Texas Department of Corrections. Jefferson v. Alabama. Nuckols v. Oklahoma et al. Jeffries v. Washington. Hogue v. Texas. Driscoll v. Missouri.
Sup. Ct. Miss.;
C. A. 5th Cir.;
Sup. Ct. Ala.;
Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;
Sup. Ct. Wash.;
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; and
Sup. Ct. Mo. Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 85-7013, 485 So. 2d 274 ; No. 86-5192, 790 F. 2d 1232 ; No. 86-5297, 473 So. 2d 1110 ; No. 86-5369, 105 Wash. 2d 398 , 717 P. 2d 722 ; No. 86-5381, 711 S. W. 2d 9 ; No. 86-5452, 711 S. W. 2d 512 .
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
- 790 F. 2d 1232 790 F. 2d 1232 p. 922
- Gregg v. Georgia 428 U. S. 153 at 231 p. 922