Majority
p. 960No. 88-5481. No. 88-5522. No. 88-5550. Julius v. Johnson, Warden. Mitchell v. Florida. Thompson v. California.
C. A. 11th Cir.; Sup. Ct. Fla.; and Sup. Ct. Cal. Certiorari denied.
dissenting.
Adhering to our views that the death penalty is in all circumstances cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth
Dissent — Brennan J.
p. 961
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. 961