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Straight v. Wainwright

475 U.S. 1099 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1986-03-31 Docket No. 85-6264 English

Judges Justice Blackmun dissents.

Decision Majority (1) · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 1099
No. 85-6264.
Straight v. Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al.

C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.

Justice Blackmun dissents.

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 certiorari and vacate the death sentence in this case.

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