Erickson v. Illinois

May 16, 1988
No. 87-6189; No. 87-6287; No. 87-6372; No. 87-6601; No. 87-6607; No. 87-6627; No. 87-6634; No. 87-6636; No. 87-6713
Versions:486 U.S. 1017

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Ill.;

Sup. Ct. La.;

Sup. Ct. Del.;

Sup. Ct. Ala.;

Sup. Ct. Mo.;

Sup. Ct. Ga.;

Sup. Ct. Tenn.;

Sup. Ct. Mo.; and

Sup. Ct. Va. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 87-6189, 117 Ill. 2d 271, 513 N. E. 2d 367; No. 87-6287, 514 So. 2d 99; No. 87-6372, 534 A. 2d 630; No. 87-6601, 511 So. 2d 248; No. 87-6607, 743 S. W. 2d 51; No. 87-6627, 257 Ga. 690, 362 S. E. 2d 351; No. 87-6634, 746 S. W. 2d 441; No. 87-6636, 741 S. W. 2d 665; No. 87-6713, 234 Va. 543, 364 S. E. 2d 483.





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.