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Francis v. Singletary

501 U.S. 1244 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1991-06-25 Docket No. 90-8449 (A-976) English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Marshall J.

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June 25, 1991
No. 90-8449 (A-976).
Francis v. Singletary, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections.

C. A. 11th Cir. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice Kennedy, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Certiorari denied.

dissenting.

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

Dissent — Marshall J.

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and Fourteenth Amendments, Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U. S. 153 , 231 (1976), I would grant the application for stay of execution and the petition for writ of certiorari and would vacate the death sentence in this case.

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