No. 90-6383; No. 90-6540; No. 90-6628 | SCOTUS | Mar 4, 1991
Lead Opinion
Sup. Ct. Cal.;
C. A. 4th Cir.; and
Sup. Ct. Ark. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 90-6383, 50 Cal. 3d 1223" date_filed="1990-06-21" court="Cal." case_name="People v. Gordon">50 Cal. 3d 1223, 792 P. 2d 251; No. 90-6540, 913 F.2d 1092" date_filed="1990-09-13" court="4th Cir." case_name="Albert J. Clozza v. Edward W. Murray, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections">913 F. 2d 1092; No. 90-6628, 302 Ark. 371" date_filed="1990-05-29" court="Ark." case_name="Wainwright v. State">302 Ark. 371, 790 S. W. 2d 420.
Dissenting Opinion
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" date_filed="1976-07-22" court="SCOTUS" case_name="Gregg v. Georgia">428 U. S. 153, 231 (1976), I would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.