Majority
p. 993No. 87-5920. Boggs v. Bair, Warden. Hill v. Florida. Sandles v. Missouri. No. 87-6367. No. 87-6416.
Sup. Ct. Va.; Sup. Ct. Fla.; Sup. Ct. Mo.; and
Dissent — Brennan J.
p. 994Johnson v. Tennessee.
Sup. Ct. Tenn. Certiorari denied.
No. 87-6458.
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. 994