p. 912No. 89-6716. No. 89-7146. Pierce v. Texas. Freeman v. Alabama.
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; and
Sup. Ct. Ala. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 89-6716, 777 S. W. 2d 399 ; No. 89-7146, 555 So. 2d 215 .
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