472 U.S. 1012
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 10, 1985
Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1985-06-10
Relies on Gregg v. Georgia
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Decided 1985-06-10
Cited by 131 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2023 · most notably Mu'Min v. Virginia (1991), State v. Post (1987)
9 federal appellate · 1 district · 107 state decisions — followed in 13 states
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¶1Sup. Ct. Fla.; Sup. Ct. Va.; Sup. Ct. Ohio; and Sup. Ct. S. C. 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 sentences in these cases.