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
Reporters:
Before:
Brennan

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.