p. 1072No. 86-6451. No. 86-6723. West v. Texas. Cooks v. Oklahoma.
Ct. Crim. App. Tex; and
Ct. Crim. App. Okla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 86-6451, 720 S. W. 2d 511 .
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. 1072