Supreme Court of the United States, 1994

Stewart v. Chiles

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided April 21, 1994 · Blackmun

511 U.S. 1048; 114 S. Ct. 1586; 94 Daily Journal DAR 5413; 62 U.S.L.W. 3703; 128 L. Ed. 2d 227; 94 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2888; 1994 U.S. LEXIS 3126 (United States Reports)

Dissenting Opinion

Justice Blackmun,

dissenting.

Adhering to my view that the death penalty cannot be imposed fairly within the constraints of our Constitution, see my dissent in Callins v. Collins, 510 U. S. 1141, 1143 (1994), I would grant the application for stay of execution and the petition for certiorari and would vacate the death sentence in this case.

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct.,Fla. Application for stay of execution *1049of sentence of death, presented to Justice Kennedy, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Certiorari dismissed for want of jurisdiction.

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