Martin v. Wainwright

479 U.S. 909 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1986-10-14 Docket No. 85-7204 English

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

Decision Majority (1) · Dissent — Brennan J.

Majority

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No. 85-7204.

Martin v. Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections.

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.

Adhering to our views that the death penalty is in all circumstances cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth

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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.