Adams v. Wainwright, 475 U.S. 1104
475 U.S. 1104
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Adams v. Wainwright, 475 U.S. 1104
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Adams v. Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections.
Country
United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Disposition
Certiorari Denied
Dissent
Brennan (Justice) with Marshall (Justice)
No. 85-6476 (A-664).
Sup. Ct. Fla. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice Powell, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Certiorari denied.
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. 153, 227, 231 (1976), we would grant the application for stay and the petition for writ of certiorari and would vacate the death sentence in this case.