p. 912No. 88-6965 (A-798). No. 88-7010 (A-820). No. 88-7062 (A-982). Washington v. Texas; Tucker v. Texas; and Beets v. Texas.
Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Applications for stays of mandates, presented to Justice White, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 88-6965, 771 S. W. 2d 537 ; No. 88-7010, 771 S. W. 2d 523 ; No. 88-7062, 767 S. W. 2d 711 .
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. 912