Majority — Marshall J.
p. 954No. 89-6482. No. 90-5414. No. 90-6444. No. 90-6913. No. 90-7016. No. 90-7134. No. 90-7199. Cooey v. Ohio. Lee v. Louisiana. Beasley v. Pennsylvania. Jones v. Delo, Superintendent, Potosi Correctional Center. High v. Zant, Warden. Stankewitz v. California. Madden v. Texas.
Sup. Ct. Ohio;
Sup. Ct. La.;
Super. Ct. Pa.;
C. A. 8th Cir.;
C. A. 11th Cir.;
Sup. Ct. Cal.; and
Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 89-6482, 46 Ohio St. 3d 20 , 544 N. E. 2d 895 ; No. 90-5414, 559 So. 2d 1310 ; No. 90-6444, 395 Pa. Super. 649 , 570 A. 2d 585 ; No. 90-6913, 923 F. 2d 860 ; No. 90-7016, 916 F. 2d 1507 ; No. 90-7134, 51 Cal. 3d 72 , 793 P. 2d 23 ; No. 90-7199, 799 S. W. 2d 683 .
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
- 923 F. 2d 860 923 F. 2d 860 p. 954
- 916 F. 2d 1507 916 F. 2d 1507 p. 954
- Gregg v. Georgia 428 U. S. 153 p. 954