Wingo v. Blackburn

May 4, 1987
No. 86-5026; No. 86-5292; No. 86-5379; No. 86-5426; No. 86-5436; No. 86-5544; No. 86-5769; No. 86-5800; No. 86-5884; No. 86-5984; No. 86-6027; No. 86-6043; No. 86-6103; No. 86-6188; No. 86-6300
Versions:481 U.S. 1042

Lead Opinion

C. A. 5th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. La.;

C. A. 5th Cir.;

C. A. 5th Cir.;

C. A. 5th Cir.;

C. A. 5th Cir.;

C. A. 11th Cir.;

C. A. 5th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Miss.;

Sup. Ct. La.;

Sup. Ct. Neb.;

C. A. 5th Cir.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.;

C. A. 5th Cir.; and

C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 86-5026, 783 F. 2d 1046 and 786 F. 2d 654; No. 86-5292, 489 So. 2d 898; No. 86-5379, 798 F. 2d 872; No. 86-5426, 790 F. 2d 1164; No. 86-5436, 791 F. 2d 1165; No. 86-5544, 793 F. 2d 672; No. 86-5769, 787 F. 2d 1447; No. 86-5800, 795 F. 2d 504; No. 86-5884, 498 So. 2d 305; No. 86-5984, 495 So. 2d 1262; No. 86-6027, 223 Neb. 150, 388 N. W. 2d 483; *1043No. 86-6043, 799 F. 2d 1071; No. 86-6103, 496 So. 2d 796; No. 86-6188, 806 F. 2d 560; No. 86-6300, 804 F. 2d 300.





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.