Case Name: Belyeu v. Texas; Joubert v. Nebraska; Orndorff et al. v. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction; Henry v. Pennsylvania; Bean v. Illinois; Van Poyck v. Florida; Sweet v. Missouri; Gates v. Warden at San Quentin
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1991-03-18
Citations: 499 U.S. 931
Docket Number: No. 90-6086; No. 90-6101; No. 90-6291; No. 90-6325; No. 90-6541; No. 90-6816; No. 90-6818; No. 90-6850; No. 90-6855
Parties: Belyeu v. Texas. Joubert v. Nebraska. Orndorff et al. v. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction. Henry v. Pennsylvania. Bean v. Illinois. Van Poyck v. Florida. Sweet v. Missouri. Gates v. Warden at San Quentin. Spence v. Texas.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 499
Pages: 931–932

Head Matter:
No. 90-6086.
No. 90-6101.
No. 90-6291.
No. 90-6325.
Belyeu v. Texas. Joubert v. Nebraska. Orndorff et al. v. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction. Henry v. Pennsylvania. Bean v. Illinois. Van Poyck v. Florida. Sweet v. Missouri. Gates v. Warden at San Quentin. Spence v. Texas.

Opinion:
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;
Sup. Ct. Neb.;
C. A. 8th Cir.;
Sup. Ct. Pa.;
No. 90-6541.
No. 90-6816.
No. 90-6818.
No. 90-6850.
No. 90-6855.
Sup. Ct. Ill.;
Sup. Ct. Fla.;
Sup. Ct. Mo.;
C. A. 9th Cir.; and
Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 90-6086, 791 S. W. 2d 66; No. 90-6101, 235 Neb. 230, 455 N. W. 2d 117; No. 90-6291, 906 F. 2d 1230; No. 90-6325, 524 Pa. 135, 569 A. 2d 929; No. 90-6541, 137 Ill. 2d 65, 560 N. E. 2d 258; No. 90-6816, 564 So. 2d 1066; No. 90-6818, 796 S. W. 2d 607; No. 90-6855, 795 S. W. 2d 743.
Justice Marshall,
dissenting.
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 (1976), I would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.