Majority
Sup. Ct. Fla.;
Sup. Ct. Ohio;
C. A. 11th Cir.;
Dissent — Brennan J.
No. 88-6005.
No. 88-6121.
No. 88-6187.
No. 88-6224.
No. 88-6287.
No. 88-6317.
No. 88-6353.
Sup. Ct. Ill.;
Sup. Ct. Fla.;
Sup. Ct. Cal.;
Sup. Ct. Ohio;
Sup. Ct. Tenn.;
Ct. App. Ohio, Stark County; and
Sup. Ct. Ohio. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 88-5136, 525 So. 2d 833 ; No. 88-5169, 36 Ohio St. 3d 80 , 521 N. E. 2d 800 ; No. 88-5216, 844 F. 2d 1464 ; No. 88-5582, 522 So. 2d 345 ; No. 88-5750, 38 Ohio St. 3d 252 , 527 N. E. 2d 844 ; No. 88-5799, 38 Ohio St. 3d 29 , 526 N. E. 2d 274 ; No. 88-6005, 123 Ill. 2d 368 , 528 N. E. 2d 631 ; No. 88-6121, 528 So. 2d 896 ; No. 88-6187, 46 Cal. 3d 97 , 757 P. 2d 569 ; No. 88-6224, 39 Ohio St. 3d 24 , 528 N. E. 2d 1237 ; No. 88-6287, 762 S. W. 2d 121 ; No. 88-6353, 39 Ohio St. 3d 122 , 529 N. E. 2d 913 .
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
- 844 F. 2d 1464 844 F. 2d 1464 p. 1072
- Gregg v. Georgia 428 U. S. 153 at 231 p. 1072