Cain v. South Carolina

497 U.S. 1010 | SCOTUS | 1990

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. S. C.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

C. A. 4th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Cal.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

C. A. 11th Cir.;

C. A. 10th Cir.;

No. 89-7007. No. 89-7307. No. 89-7308. No. 89-7322. No. 89-7380. No. 89-7442.

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;

Sup. Ct. Ark.;

Sup. Ct. Va.;

Sup. Ct. Ill.; and

Sup. Ct. Ind. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 88-7318, 297 S. C. 497, 377 S. E. 2d 556; No. 88-7432, 767 S. W. 2d 387; No. 89-516, 881 F. 2d 117; No. 89-6062, 48 Cal. 3d 1001, 773 P. 2d 172; No. 89-6091, 789 S. W. 2d 572; No. 89-6324, 885 F. 2d 1497; No. 89-6509, 866 F. 2d 1185 and 888 F. 2d 1286; No. 89-7007, 784 S. W. 2d 38; No. 89-7307, 780 S. W. 2d 176; No. 89-7308, 301 Ark. 244, 783 S. W. 2d 341; No. 89-7380, 133 Ill. 2d 226, 549 N. E. 2d 240; No. 89-7442, 543 N. E. 2d 360.

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Dissenting Opinion

Justice Brennan and Justice Marshall,

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, 227, 231 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.