p. 1127No. 90-6259. No. 90-6578. No. 90-6639. No. 90-6640. No. 90-6682. No. 90-6711. No. 90-6739. Victor v. Nebraska. Washington v. Arizona. Davis v. Alabama. Caldwell v. Tennessee. Thomas v. Illinois. Landrum v. Ohio. Williams v. Armontrout, Warden.
Sup. Ct. Neb.;
Sup. Ct. Ariz.;
Sup. Ct. Ala.;
Sup. Ct. Tenn.;
Sup. Ct. Ill.;
Sup. Ct. Ohio; and
C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 90-6259, 235 Neb. 770 , 457 N. W. 2d 431 ; No. 90-6578, 165 Ariz. 51 , 796 P. 2d 853 ; No. 90-6639, 554 So. 2d 1111 ; No. 90-6682, 137 Ill. 2d 500 , 561 N. E. 2d 57 ; No. 90-6711, 53 Ohio St. 3d 107 , 559 N. E. 2d 710 ; No. 90-6739, 912 F. 2d 924 .
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
- 912 F. 2d 924 912 F. 2d 924 p. 1127
- Gregg v. Georgia 428 U. S. 153 p. 1127