498 U.S. 963
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 5, 1990
Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1990-11-05
Relies on Gregg v. Georgia
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Decided 1990-11-05
Cited by 83 later decisions — most recently October 2012 · most notably Harris v. Champion (1994), Hall v. State (1999)
21 federal appellate · 51 state decisions — followed in 12 states
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¶1Sup. Ct. Ala. Certio-rari denied.
¶2dissenting.
¶3Adhering 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.