Belyeu v. Texas
Opinion of the Court
Sup. Ct. Neb.;
C. A. 8th Cir.;
Sup. Ct. Pa.;
Sup. Ct. Ill.;
Sup. Ct. Fla.;
Sup. Ct. Mo.;
C. A. 9th Cir.; and
Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 90-6086, 791 S. W. 2d 66; No. 90-6101, 235 Neb. 230, 455 N. W. 2d 117; No. 90-6291, 906 F. 2d 1230; No. 90-6325, 524 Pa. 135, 569 A. 2d 929; No. 90-6541, 137 Ill. 2d 65, 560 N. E. 2d 258; No. 90-6816, 564 So. 2d 1066; No. 90-6818, 796 S. W. 2d 607; No. 90-6855, 795 S. W. 2d 743.
dissenting.
Adhering to my view 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, 231 (1976), I would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.
Reference
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- Belyeu v. Texas Joubert v. Nebraska Orndorff v. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction Henry v. Pennsylvania Bean v. Illinois Van Poyck v. Florida Sweet v. Missouri Gates v. Warden at San Quentin
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