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Donald H. Gaskins v. Kenneth D. McKellar Warden, South Carolina Department of Corrections, 500 U.S. 961 (1991)
Donald H. Gaskins v. Kenneth D. McKellar Warden, South Carolina Department of Corrections, 500 U.S. 961 (1991)
961
111 S.Ct. 2277
114 L.Ed.2d 728
Adhering 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, 96 S.Ct. 2909, 2973, 49 L.Ed.2d 859
(1976), I would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentence in this case.
Justice BLACKMUN would grant the petition for a writ of certiorari, vacate
the judgment and remand the case to the United States Court of Appeals for the
Fourth Circuit for further consideration in light of Yates v. Evatt, 500 U.S. ----,
111 S.Ct. 1884, --- L.Ed.2d ---- (1991).