Supreme Court of the United States, 1986

Martin v. Wainwright

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided October 14, 1986 · Brennan, Grant, Limited, Marshall, Presented, Question, Writ

479 U.S. 909; 107 S. Ct. 307; 55 U.S.L.W. 3258; 93 L. Ed. 2d 281; 1986 U.S. LEXIS 4340 (United States Reports)

Cases that cite this one

81 later published cases cite this decision. The 25 that cite it most often are listed here.

Gerald Anthony Coleman v. Harry K. Singletary, Robert A. Butterworth (11th Cir. 1994)
Jones v. State (Tex. Crim. App. 2003)
Nollie Lee Martin v. Richard L. Dugger, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections (11th Cir. 1989)
United States v. Fawaz Yunis (D.C. Cir. 1988)
United States v. White (6th Cir. 2003)
Ex Parte Woods (Ala. 2001)
United States v. Sanchez (District Court, D. Kansas 1994)
George Delvecchio, Cross-Appellee v. Illinois Department of Corrections (7th Cir. 1993)
Paul Kordenbrock v. Gene Scroggy, Warden, Kentucky State Penitentiary (6th Cir. 1991)
State v. Sampson (Utah Ct. App. 1991)
Christopher v. State (Fla. 1991)
State v. Johnson (N.J. 1990)
Owen v. State (Fla. 1990)
Harold C. Medeiros v. Edwin Shimoda, Administrator, Oahu Community Correctional Center Corinne K.A. Watanabe, Attorney General of the State of Hawaii (9th Cir. 1989)
State v. Fulminante (Ariz. 1989)
State v. Staatz (Ariz. 1988)
Martin v. Dugger (United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida 1988)
State v. Bey (N.J. 1988)
Coulston v. Wasden (United States District Court for the District of Idaho 2022)
United States v. Gray (United States Court of Appeals For The Armed Forces 1999)
Martin v. Singletary (United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida 1992)
Robert Dale Henderson v. Richard L. Dugger, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections (11th Cir. 1991)
United States v. Martinez (District Court, E.D. New York 2013)
United States v. Johnson (District Court, N.D. Iowa 2005)
United States v. Honken (District Court, N.D. Iowa 2004)

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Opinion of the Court

C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.

Justice Blackmun would grant the petition for writ of certiorari limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.

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 *910and Fourteenth Amendments, Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U. S. 153, 227, 231 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentence in this case.

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