Frey v. Francis
Frey v. Pennsylvania Stoyko v. Pennsylvania Collins v. Francis, Warden Owens v. Illinois Owens v. Illinois Pruett v. Arkansas Caballero v. Illinois Kelly v. Texas Maynard v. North Carolina Rickman v. Tennessee White v. Kentucky
Opinion of the Court
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Sup. Ct. Pa.;
Sup. Ct. Pa.;
C. A. 11th Cir.;
Sup. Ct. Ill.;
Sup. Ct. Ill.;
Sup. Ct. Ark.;
Sup. Ct. Ill.;
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;
Sup. Ct. N. C.;
Ct. Crim. App. Tenn.; and
Sup. Ct. Ky. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 83-6919, 504 Pa. 428 , 475 A. 2d 700 ; No. 83-6946, 504 Pa. 455 , 475 A. 2d 714 ; No. 84-5045, 728 F. 2d 1322 ; No. 84-5170, 102 Ill. 2d 145 , 464 N. E. 2d 252 ; No. 84-5175, 102 Ill. 2d 88 , 464 N. E. 2d 261 ; No. 84-5180, 282 *964 Ark. 304 , 669 S. W. 2d 186 ; No. 84-5205, 102 Ill. 2d 23 , 464 N. E. 2d 223 ; No. 84-5298, 667 S. W. 2d 720 ; No. 84-5334, 311 N. C. 1 , 316 S. E. 2d 197 ; No. 84-5351, 671 S. W. 2d 241 .
Dissent
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Justice Brennan and Justice Marshall,
dissenting.
Adhering 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.
How later courts describe this case
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(statute not unconstitutional on grounds that it permits subjective discretion and discrimination in imposing the death penalty)
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(three murders, robbery and burglary)
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