456 U.S. 1001
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 24, 1982
Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1982-05-24
Relies on Gregg v. Georgia
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Decided 1982-05-24
Cited by 178 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2018 · most notably United States v. Frady (1982), Engle v. Isaac (1982)
47 federal appellate · 15 district · 54 state decisions — followed in 12 states
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¶1Sup. Ct. Ill. Certiorari denied.
¶2dissenting.
¶3Adhering 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 sentence in this case.