Erickson v. Illinois

Sup. Ct. Ill.;

Sup. Ct. La.;

Sup. Ct. Del.;

Sup. Ct. Ala.;

Sup. Ct. Mo.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

Sup. Ct. Mo.; and

Sup. Ct. Va. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 87-6189, 117 Ill. 2d 271 , 513 N. E. 2d 367 ; No. 87-6287, 514 So. 2d 99 ; No. 87-6372, 534 A. 2d 630 ; No. 87-6601, 511 So. 2d 248 ; No. 87-6607, 743 S. W. 2d 51 ; No. 87-6627, 257 Ga. 690 , 362 S. E. 2d 351 ; No. 87-6634, 746 S. W. 2d 441 ; No. 87-6636, 741 S. W. 2d 665 ; No. 87-6713, 234 Va. 543 , 364 S. E. 2d 483 .

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.