No. 85-6714 (A-777) | SCOTUS | Apr 15, 1986
Lead Opinion
C. A. 11th Cir. Application for certificate of probable cause, presented to Justice Powell, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice Powell, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Certiorari denied.
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" date_filed="1976-07-22" court="SCOTUS" case_name="Gregg v. Georgia">428 U. S. 153, 227, 231 (1976), we would grant the application for certificate of probable cause, the application for stay, and the petition for -writ of certiorari and would vacate the death sentence in this case.