Supreme Court of the United States, 1986

Adams v. Wainwright

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided March 31, 1986 · Brennan, Marshall

475 U.S. 1103; 106 S. Ct. 1505; 89 L. Ed. 2d 906; 54 U.S.L.W. 3648; 1986 U.S. LEXIS 1071 (United States Reports)

Cases that cite this one

5 later published cases cite this decision.

Thomas v. Wainwright (11th Cir. 1986)
William Duane Elledge v. Richard L. Dugger (11th Cir. 1987)
Rooney v. State (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)
Adams v. State (Fla. 1989)
Aubrey Dennis Adams, Jr. v. Louie Wainwright, Jim Smith (11th Cir. 1986)

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Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Fla. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice Powell, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Stay of execution heretofore granted {ante, pp. 1062 and 1092] is vacated. Certiorari denied.

Dissenting Opinion

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.

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