Supreme Court of the United States October 19, 1987, No. 87-5327; No. 87-5364; No. 87-5448 (Robbins v. North Carolina)

lead-opinion

Sup. Ct. N. C.;

Sup. Ct. Ala.; and

Sup. Ct. Va. Certiorari denied.

dissent

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.