Majority
p. 1061No. 87-6008. No. 87-6125. No. 87-6196. No. 87-6365. No. 87-6460. No. 87-6644. No. 87-6674. No. 87-6774. No. 87-6845. Fisher v. Oklahoma. Spruill v. North Carolina. Gardner v. North Carolina. Knox v. Texas. Rupe v. Washington. Booker v. Dugger, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections. Holden v. North Carolina. Miller v. Texas. Lincecum v. Texas.
Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;
Sup. Ct. N. C.;
Gen. Ct. Justice, Super. Ct. Div., Forsyth County, N. C.;
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;
Sup. Ct. Wash.;
Sup. Ct. Fla.;
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; and
Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 87-6008, 736 P. 2d 1003
Dissent — Brennan J.
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and 739 P. 2d 523 ; No. 87-6125, 320 N. C. 688 , 360 S. E. 2d 667 ; No. 87-6365, 744 S. W. 2d 53 ; No. 87-6460, 108 Wash. 2d 734 , 743 P. 2d 210 ; No. 87-6644, 520 So. 2d 246 ; No. 87-6674, 321 N. C. 125 , 362 S. E. 2d 513 ; No. 87-6774, 741 S. W. 2d 382 ; No. 87-6845, 736 S. W. 2d 673 .
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. 1062