p. 931No. 89-6223. No. 89-6886. No. 89-7056. No. 89-7201. No. 89-7253. No. 89-7275. Bittaker v. California. Ruiz v. Illinois. Blackmon v. Texas. Coleman v. Oklahoma. Elmore v. South Carolina. McCollum v. Indiana.
Sup. Ct. Cal;
Sup. Ct. Ill.;
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;
Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;
Sup. Ct. S. C.; and
Sup. Ct. Ind. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 89-6223, 48 Cal. 3d 1046 , 774 P. 2d 659 ; No. 89-6886, 132 Ill. 2d 1 , 547 N. E. 2d 170 ; No. 89-7056, 775 S. W. 2d 649 ; No. 89-7253, 300 S. C. 130 , 386 S. E. 2d 769 ; No. 89-7275, 533 N. E. 2d 1215 .
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. 931