Majority
p. 992No. 90-5100. No. 90-5541. No. 90-5716. No. 90-5839. No. 90-5949. Ford v. Louisiana. Peterson v. Murray, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections. Brown v. Florida. Beets v. Texas. Randolph v. Florida.
Sup. Ct. La.;
C. A. 4th Cir.;
Sup. Ct. Fla.;
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; and
Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 90-5100, 563 So. 2d 873 ; No. 90-5541, 904 F. 2d 882 ; No. 90-5716, 565 So. 2d 304 ; No. 90-5949, 562 So. 2d 331 .
dissenting.
Adhering to my view that the death penalty is in all circumstances cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth
Dissent — Marshall J.
p. 993
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. 993