06/26/87 WAYNE TOMPKINS v. FLORIDA

[1] SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 
[2] No. 86-6921 
[3] 1987.SCT.3052 <http://www.versuslaw.com> <http://www.versuslaw.com>,
483 U.S. 1033, 107 S. Ct. 3277, 97 L. Ed. 2d 781, 55 U.S.L.W. 3872 
[4] June 26, 1987 
[5] WAYNE TOMPKINS, PETITIONER v. FLORIDA 
[6] Sup. Ct. Fla. 
[7] The petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Florida
is denied. 
[8] Justice Brennan and Justice Marshall Dissenting: 
[9] 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 sentence in this case. 
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