501 U.S. 1278
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided September 18, 1991
Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1991-09-18
Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently June 2001
2 federal appellate ·
Relies on Gregg v. Georgia
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Decided 1991-09-18
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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 the application for stay of execution and the petition for writ of certiorari and would vacate the death sentence in this case.