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Washington v. Wainwright

468 U.S. 1221 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1984-07-12 Docket No. A-27 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1221
No. A-27.
Washington v. Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections.

Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice Powell, and by him referred to the Court, denied.

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. 158 , 227 (1976) (Brennan, J., dissenting); id., at 231 (Marshall, J., dissenting), we would grant petitioner’s application for a stay of his execution.

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  • 428 U. S. 158 428 U. S. 158 at 231 p. 1221

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