Seath v. Regulations & Permits Administration

How later courts describe this case

• holding that facts alleged, taken as true, failed to state a claim under the eighth amendment
• holding the pain and terror resulting from death by cyanide gas does not render such execution method unconstitutional
• relying on Walton v. Arizona, 497 U.S. 639, 110 S.Ct. 3047, 111 L.Ed.2d 511 (1990)
• even “innocent behavior,” when considered in its overall context, may “provide the basis for a showing of probable cause”
• totality of the circumstances test in context of probable cause for issuance of search warrant
• warrant held sufficient for search of residence for pornographic photographs of children
• execution by lethal gas not cruel and unusual
• refusing to conclude that lethal gas execution is unconstitutional