p. 1210No. 87-6393. No. 87-6794. No. 87-6848. Faraga v. Mississippi. Lockett v. Mississippi (two cases). Livingston v. Texas.
Sup. Ct. Miss.;
Sup. Ct. Miss.; and
Ct, Grim. App. Tex.
Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 87-6393, 514 So. 2d 295 ; No. 87-6794, 517 So. 2d 1317 (first case), 517 So. 2d 1346 (second case); No. 87-6848, 739 S. W. 2d 311 .
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. 1210