111 S. Ct. 398
Decided November 5, 1990
Relies on Gregg v. Georgia
Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know
Decided 1990-11-05
Cited by 84 later decisions — most recently October 2012 · most notably Harris v. Champion (1994), Dill v. State (1991)
29 federal appellate · 47 state decisions
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¶1dissenting.
¶2Adhering 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 sentence in this case.