p. 1036No. 89-5697. No. 89-5935. No. 89-6068. No. 89-6078. No. 89-6191. Alley v. Tennessee. Lesko v. Owens, Commissioner, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Spencer v. Virginia. Walton v. Florida. Heidnik v. Pennsylvania.
Sup. Ct. Tenn.;
C. A. 3d Cir.;
Sup. Ct. Va.;
Sup. Ct. Fla.; and
Sup. Ct. Pa. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 89-5697, 776 S. W. 2d 506 ; No. 89-5935, 881 F. 2d 44 ; No. 89-6068, 238 Va. 275 , 384 S. E. 2d 775 ; No. 89-6078, 547 So. 2d 622 .
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. 1036