Adams v. Wainwright, 475 U.S. 1104

Lead Opinion

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

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Dissenting Opinion

Justice Brennan and Justice Marshall,

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 the application for stay and the petition for writ of certiorari ‍​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‍and would vacate the death sentence in this case.

Case Details

Case Name: Adams v. Wainwright

Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States

Date Published: Mar 31, 1986

Citations: 475 U.S. 1104; 106 S. Ct. 1506; 89 L. Ed. 2d 907; 54 U.S.L.W. 3648; 1986 U.S. LEXIS 1073; No. 85-6476 (A-664)

Docket Number: No. 85-6476 (A-664)

Court Abbreviation: U.S.