p. 951No. 86-6035. No. 86-6087. No. 86-6203. No. 86-6293. No. 86-6294. No. 86-6309. No. 86-6479. Smith v. Pennsylvania. Albrecht v. Pennsylvania. Pope v. Dugger, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections. Hall v. Illinois. Johnson v. Illinois. Whitley v. Bair, Warden. Johnson v. Thigpen, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections.
Sup. Ct. Pa.;
Sup. Ct. Fla.;
Sup, Ct. Ill.;
Sup. Ct. Ill.;
C. A. 4th Cir.; and
C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.
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. 951