Majority — Marshall J.
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;
Sup. Ct. Neb.;
C. A. 8th Cir.;
Sup. Ct. Pa.;
No. 90-6541.
No. 90-6816.
No. 90-6818.
No. 90-6850.
No. 90-6855.
Sup. Ct. Ill.;
Sup. Ct. Fla.;
Sup. Ct. Mo.;
C. A. 9th Cir.; and
Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 90-6086, 791 S. W. 2d 66 ; No. 90-6101, 235 Neb. 230 , 455 N. W. 2d 117 ; No. 90-6291, 906 F. 2d 1230 ; No. 90-6325, 524 Pa. 135 , 569 A. 2d 929 ; No. 90-6541, 137 Ill. 2d 65 , 560 N. E. 2d 258 ; No. 90-6816, 564 So. 2d 1066 ; No. 90-6818, 796 S. W. 2d 607 ; No. 90-6855, 795 S. W. 2d 743 .
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
- 906 F. 2d 1230 906 F. 2d 1230 p. 932
- Gregg v. Georgia 428 U. S. 153 p. 932