No. 89-5697; No. 89-5935; No. 89-6068; No. 89-6078; No. 89-6191 | SCOTUS | Jan 8, 1990
Lead Opinion
Sup. Ct. Tenn.;
C. A. 3d Cir.;
Sup. Ct. Va.;
Sup. Ct. Fla.; and
Sup. Ct. Pa. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 89-5697, 776 S.W.2d 506" date_filed="1989-08-07" court="Tenn." case_name="State v. Alley">776 S. W. 2d 506; No. 89-5935, 881 F.2d 44" date_filed="1989-09-01" court="3rd Cir." case_name="John Charles Lesko v. David Owens">881 F. 2d 44; No. 89-6068, 238 Va. 275" date_filed="1989-09-22" court="Va." case_name="Spencer v. Commonwealth">238 Va. 275, 384 S. E. 2d 775; No. 89-6078, 547 So. 2d 622" date_filed="1989-06-29" court="Fla." case_name="Walton v. State">547 So. 2d 622.
Dissenting Opinion
dissenting.
Adhering to our views 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" date_filed="1976-07-22" court="SCOTUS" case_name="Gregg v. Georgia">428 U. S. 153, 227, 231 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.