Majority
Sup. Ct. Ill;
Sup. Ct. Mo.;
Sup. Ct. Fla.;
Dissent — Marshall J.
C. A. 5th Cir.;
Sup. Ct. Ariz.;
Sup. Ct. Ark.;
Ct. Common Pleas, Charleston County, S. C.;
Sup. Ct. Mo.;
Sup. Ct. Ariz.; and
Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 90-6683, 137 Ill. 2d 558 , 560 N. E. 2d 594 ; No. 90-7132, 798 S. W. 2d 152 ; No. 90-7295, 563 So. 2d 77 ; No. 90-7317, 922 F. 2d 242 ; No. 90-7344, 166 Ariz. 132 , 800 P. 2d 1240 ; No. 90-7398, 304 Ark. xxiv; No. 90-7509, 798 S. W. 2d 149 ; No. 90-7547, 166 Ariz. 152 , 800 P. 2d 1260 ; No. 90-7579, 570 So. 2d 908 .
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
- 922 F. 2d 242 922 F. 2d 242 p. 929
- Gregg v. Georgia 428 U. S. 153 p. 929