Majority
Sup. Ct. Ga.;
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;
Dissent — Brennan J.
No. 87-6137.
No. 87-6381.
No. 87-6436.
No. 87-6873.
No. 87-6886.
No. 87-7255.
C. A. 11th Cir.;
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;
Sup. Ct. Fla.;
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; and
Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Cer-tiorari denied. Reported below: No. 87-5418, 257 Ga. 115 , 355 S. E. 2d 651 ; No. 87-5876, 733 S. W. 2d 175 ; No. 87-6137, 823 F. 2d 402 ; No. 87-6381, 752 S. W. 2d 524 ; No. 87-6436, 514 So. 2d 354 ; No. 87-6873, 736 S. W. 2d 702 ; No. 87-6886, 745 S. W. 2d 4 ; No. 87-7255, 748 S. W. 2d 451 .
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
- 823 F. 2d 402 823 F. 2d 402 p. 1241
- Gregg v. Georgia 428 U. S. 153 at 231 p. 1241