Bittaker v. California
Opinion of the Court
Sup. Ct. Cal;
Sup. Ct. Ill.;
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;
Ct. Crim. App. Okla.;
Sup. Ct. S. C.; and
Sup. Ct. Ind. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 89-6223, 48 Cal. 3d 1046, 774 P. 2d 659; No. 89-6886, 132 Ill. 2d 1, 547 N. E. 2d 170; No. 89-7056, 775 S. W. 2d 649; No. 89-7253, 300 S. C. 130, 386 S. E. 2d 769; No. 89-7275, 533 N. E. 2d 1215.
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.
Reference
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- Bittaker v. California Ruiz v. Illinois Blackmon v. Texas Coleman v. Oklahoma Elmore v. South Carolina McCollum v. Indiana
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