Gaskins v. South Carolina
471 U.S. 1120 | SCOTUS | 1985
Lead Opinion
Sup. Ct. S. C.;
Sup. Ct. N. C.;
Sup. Ct. Ill.; and
Sup. Ct. Fla. Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 84-6453, 284 S. C. 105, 326 S. E. 2d 132; No. 84-6498, 310 N. C. 632, 314 S. E. 2d 493; No. 84-6508, 104 Ill. 2d 463, 473 N. E. 2d 1227; No. 84-6522, 461 So. 2d 79.
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, 227, 231 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.