Belyeu v. Texas

Mar 18, 1991
No. 90-6086; No. 90-6101; No. 90-6291; No. 90-6325; No. 90-6541; No. 90-6816; No. 90-6818; No. 90-6850; No. 90-6855
Reporters:
Before:
Marshall

*931Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Neb.;

C. A. 8th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Pa.;

*932No. 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.

Justice Marshall,

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.