Majority
p. 1113No. 87-7107. Slaughter v. Kentucky. Howard v. South Carolina. Griffin v. Missouri. Evans v. Illinois. No. 88-5241. No. 88-5863. No. 88-6756.
Sup. Ct. Ky.; Sup. Ct. S. C.; Sup. Ct. Mo.; Sup. Ct. 111.;
Dissent — Brennan J.
p. 1114Richardson v. Johnson, Warden, et al. Gilmore v. Armontrout, Warden.
C. A. 11th Cir.; and C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.
No. 88-7124.
No. 88-7235.
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. 1114