p. 973No. 90-5677. No. 90-5772. No. 90-5873. No. 90-5882. Clark v. California. Peoples v. Alabama. Petary v. Missouri. Smith v. Missouri.
Sup. Ct. Cal.;
Ct. Crim. App. Ala.;
Sup. Ct. Mo.; and
Sup. Ct. Mo. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 90-5677, 50 Cal. 3d 583 , 789 P. 2d 127 ; No. 90-5772, 565 So. 2d 1177 ; No. 90-5873, 790 S. W. 2d 243 ; No. 90-5882, 790 S. W. 2d 241 .
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. 973