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Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
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.
Justice Rehnquist took no part in the consideration or decision of this application and petition.Dissent
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, grant certiorari, and vacate the death sentence in this case.