p. 984No. 89-5460. No. 89-5534. No. 89-5575. No. 89-5707. No. 89-5798. Rogers v. Texas. Morales v. California. Nolte v. Oklahoma. Mendyk v. Florida. Blanks v. Kemp, Warden.
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;
Sup. Ct. Cal.;
Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;
Sup. Ct. Fla.; and
Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 89-5460, 774 S. W. 2d 247 ; No. 89-5534, 48 Cal. 3d 527 , 770 P. 2d 244 ; No. 89-5707, 545 So. 2d 846 .
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. 984