Supreme Court of the United States, 1994

Whitmore v. Gaines

Whitmore v. Gaines
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided May 11, 1994 · Blackmun
511 U.S. 1079; 114 S. Ct. 1667 (United States Reports)

Whitmore v. Gaines

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 writ of certiorari and would remand with instructions to enjoin petitioner’s execution.

Opinion of the Court

C. A. 8th Cir. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, pre*1080sented to Justice Blackmun, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Certiorari denied.

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