Watson v. Louisiana
469 U.S. 1181 | SCOTUS | 1985
Lead Opinion
Sup. Ct. La.;
C. A. 11th Cir.;
Sup. Ct. Fla.;
Sup. Ct. Fla.; and
Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 84-5538, 449 So. 2d 1321; No. 84-5625, 735 F. 2d 395; No. 84-5632, 453 So. 2d 784; No. 84-5659, 452 So. 2d 520; No. 84-5776, 454 So. 2d 556.
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.