p. 1100No. 88-6273. No. 88-6489. No. 88-6493. No. 88-6501. No. 88-6652. Richardson v. Illinois, Coleman v. California. Starr v. Arkansas. Swafford v. Florida. Van Hook v. Ohio.
Sup. Ct. Ill.;
Sup. Ct. Cal.;
Sup. Ct. Ark.;
Sup. Ct. Fla.; and
Sup. Ct. Ohio. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 88-6273, 123 Ill. 2d 322 , 528 N. E. 2d 612 ; No. 88-6489, 46 Cal. 3d 749 , 759 P. 2d 1260 ; No. 88-6493, 297 Ark. 26 , 759 S. W. 2d 535 ; No. 88-6501, 533 So. 2d 270 ; No. 88-6652, 39 Ohio St. 3d 256 , 530 N. E. 2d 883 .
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. 1100