Collins v. Illinois
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.
Opinion of the Court
Sup. Ct. Ill.;
Sup. Ct. Ill.;
Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;
C. A. 5th Cir.;
Sup. Ct. Ga.; and
Ct. Crim. App. Ala. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 85-5164, 106 Ill. 2d 237, 478 N. E. 2d 267; No. 85-5180, 106 Ill. 2d 201, 478 N. E. 2d 392; No. 85-5291, 699 P. 2d 653; No. 85-5308, 767 F. 2d 916; No. 85-5310, 254 Ga. 538, 331 S. E. 2d 561; No. 85-5477, 470 So. 2d 1303.
Reference
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