471 U.S. 1030
SCOTUS
1985

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. La.;

Sup. Ct. La.;

Sup. Ct. Ala.;

C. A. 5th Cir.;

Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;

Sup. Ct. Ind.;

Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

Sup. Ct. Ala. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 84-5339, 457 So. 2d 1159; No. 84-6073, 459 So. 2d 510; No. 84-6224, 459 So. 2d 959; No. 84-6250, 744 F. 2d 1091; No. 84-6251, 690 P. 2d 463; No. 84-6285, 470 N. E. 2d 666; No. 84-6348, 457 So. 2d 1012; No. 84-6442, 456 So. 2d 404.





Concurrence in Part

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.