p. 908No. 89-7782. No. 90-5356. No. 90-5460. No. 90-5471. No. 90-5477. No. 90-5488. No. 90-5591. Willis v. Texas. Burger v. Zant, Warden. Jones v. Tennessee. Laney v. Tennessee. Pope v. Thompson, Warden. Wickline v. Ohio. Spencer v. Virginia.
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;
Sup. Ct. Ga.;
Sup. Ct. Tenn.;
Ct. Crim. App. Tenn.;
Sup. Ct. Va.;
Sup. Ct. Ohio; and
Sup. Ct. Va. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 89-7782, 785 S. W. 2d 378 ; No. 90-5460, 789 S. W. 2d 545 ; No. 90-5488, 50 Ohio St. 3d 114 , 552 N. E. 2d 913 ; No. 90-5591, 240 Va. 78 , 393 S. E. 2d 609 .
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. 908