Supreme Court of the United States, 1986

Adams v. Wainwright

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided March 6, 1986 · Application, Deny, Rehnquist, Stay

475 U.S. 1062; 89 L. Ed. 2d 598; 106 S. Ct. 1371; 1986 U.S. LEXIS 756 (United States Reports)

Cases that cite this one

4 later published cases cite this decision.

Arthur Lee Jones v. Fred Smith, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections and W.E. Johnson, Warden, Nolman Unit (11th Cir. 1986)
Harich v. Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, Et Al. (Supreme Court of the United States 1986)
Funchess v. Wainwright (Fla. 1986)
Thomas v. Wainwright (11th Cir. 1986)

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Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Fla. The order of February 28, 1986 [ante, p. 1041], is vacated. The application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice Powell, and by him referred to the Court, is granted until March 25, 1986, or until the disposition by this Court of the petition for writ of certiorari, whichever is earlier, unless otherwise extended by the Court.

Justice Rehnquist and Justice O’Connor would deny the application for stay.

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