James v. Butler

Jun 6, 1988
No. 87-6233; No. 87-6869; No. 87-6905
Versions:486 U.S. 1046

Lead Opinion

*1046C. A. 5th Cir.;

Ct. App. Mo., Eastern Dist.; and

*1047No. 87-6905.

Sup. Ct. Ill. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 87-6233, 827 F. 2d 1006; No. 87-6869, 741 S. W. 2d 771; No. 87-6905, 119 Ill. 2d 69, 518 N. E. 2d 82.





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.