p. 1017No. 90-5941. No. 90-6041. Mattson v. California. Lott v. Ohio.
Sup. Ct. Cal.; and
Sup. Ct. Ohio. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 90-5941, 50 Cal. 3d 826 , 789 P. 2d 983 ; No. 90-6041, 51 Ohio St. 3d 160 , 555 N. E. 2d 293 .
dissenting.
Adhering to my view 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 , 231 (1976), I would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.
Cases cited
- Gregg v. Georgia 428 U. S. 153 p. 1017