p. 909No. 86-6638. No. 86-6677. No. 86-6700. No. 86-6750. Harris v. Indiana. Gaskins v. South Carolina. Adkins v. Tennessee. Coleman v. Brown, Warden, et al.
Sup. Ct. Ind.;
Ct. Common Pleas of Richland County, S. C.;
Sup. Ct. Tenn.; and
C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 86-6638, 499 N. E. 2d 723 ; No. 86-6700, 725 S. W. 2d 660 ; No. 86-6750, 802 F. 2d 1227 .
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
- 802 F. 2d 1227 802 F. 2d 1227 p. 909
- Gregg v. Georgia 428 U. S. 153 at 231 p. 909